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From: Pascal Hambourg <pascal.mail@plouf.fr.eu.org>
Subject: Re: how do I set the MAC address in POSTROUTING?
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:52:48 +0100
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sean a =E9crit :
>=20
> The internet routers just look at the ip address, so I wouldn't think=20
> they'd strip out the MAC address, do they?

Routers *do* strip the source and destination MAC addresses (and any=20
other layer 2 specific information) when forwarding an IP packet. If=20
applicable, the source MAC address is replaced by the MAC address of the=20
router output interface and the destination MAC address is replaced by=20
the next hop interface MAC address. That's what I meant when saying that=20
layer 2 information is not routed.