----- Original Message ----- From: "Helge Oldach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 11:59 PM
> Drew Tomlinson: > >I have a 4.8 box serving as a gateway with two connections to the > >Internet. Is there some way to set the box up so that packets are > >routed out through the same interface from which they arrived? For > >example, if a connection is initiated on port 80 from a packet arriving > >on one interface, is there a way to make the outgoing packets from my > >web server use that same interface as a gateway instead of the default > >interface? > > Unfortunately not. While your application (multi-homing, aka "strong ES" > model of RFC 1122) would appear simpler, a general solution would target > at true policy-based routing. > > The latest information I have seen is > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg07737.html. Thank you for your reply. I can understand that it's more difficult than it appears. I get easily confused when thinking about routing. :) Now that I know what "terms" I'm looking for (like "strong ES") I can search this in the threads and see if/when it gets implemented. Cheers, Drew _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
