Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262983AbUCRVya (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:54:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262992AbUCRVya (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:54:30 -0500 Received: from [212.28.208.94] ([212.28.208.94]:63494 "HELO dewire.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262983AbUCRVy0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:54:26 -0500 From: Robin Rosenberg To: RANDAZZO@ddc-web.com Subject: Re: 2 nics in the same machine... Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:54:22 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org References: <89760D3F308BD41183B000508BAFAC4104B17010@DDCNYNTD> In-Reply-To: <89760D3F308BD41183B000508BAFAC4104B17010@DDCNYNTD> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200403182254.22969.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 682 Lines: 15 On Thursday 18 March 2004 21:20, RANDAZZO@ddc-web.com wrote: > I have connected two nics in the same machine with a null modem cable... > I have configured nic 1 to be 156.15.16.1 and nic 2 to be 156.15.16.2 > I have adjusted the routes so that nic 1 routes to nic 2 and vice versa... > how come when I ping 156.15.16.1 it does not go out nic 2... > am I missing something? Yes. The ping packet is already at it's destination. -- robin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/