ROUTE extension for linux 2.6.3 HELP

ROUTE extension for linux 2.6.3 HELP

[Bruce Henshaw]

Hello,

 I have a need to direct certain traffic out certain WAN interfaces,
which have dynamic addresses.

 I'm unable to patch my 2.6.3 kernel with the ROUTE extension though. :(
is there another way to do that?

I tried the new patch-o-matic-ng CVS and it says ROUTE requires kernel <
2.6.0

 But I do see this file.

 patch-o-matic-ng/ROUTE/linux-2.6/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ROUTE.c

 How I can add ROUTE in my 2.6.3 kernel?

 Thanks very much for reading about my problem.

Bruce Henshaw

Re: ROUTE extension for linux 2.6.3 HELP

[Daniel Chemko]

You don't need the route extension to do "policy routing". All you need 
is CONNMARK, and a customized iproute2 setup that has multiple routes 
set up.

Pseudo-tasks:

Add routing tables for each WAN interface
Add routing rules that link FWMARK's with the routing tables previously 
created.
Add CONNMARK and MARK entries to PREROUTING and/or OUTPUT in order to 
keep track of sessions and direct traffic to the routing table you 
desire by setting the packet's firewall MARK.
Profit!

If you've exhausted researching what I have described above, come back 
and I'll give some more detail. I am pretty tired at this point, so I 
wouldn't be much help (2:00 am)..



Bruce Henshaw wrote:

>Hello,
>
> I have a need to direct certain traffic out certain WAN interfaces,
>which have dynamic addresses.
>
> I'm unable to patch my 2.6.3 kernel with the ROUTE extension though. :(
>is there another way to do that?
>
>I tried the new patch-o-matic-ng CVS and it says ROUTE requires kernel <
>2.6.0
>
> But I do see this file.
>
> patch-o-matic-ng/ROUTE/linux-2.6/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ROUTE.c
>
> How I can add ROUTE in my 2.6.3 kernel?
>
> Thanks very much for reading about my problem.
>
>Bruce Henshaw
>
>
>  
>