From: bert hubert <ahu@ds9a.nl>
To: lartc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LARTC] Forcing an "external" route
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 22:27:51 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-lartc-100776410016732@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-lartc-100776128506945@msgid-missing>
On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 03:38:48PM -0600, David Purves wrote:
> I want to force packets from eth0 <--> eth1 to take the path
> eth0 <--> p0 <--> p1<-->eth1.
>
> What I have here is an appliance that I want to run some throughput tests.
>
> The cables are set up eth0 <--> p0 and p1<-->eth1 and work (pings work
> just fine)....
> no matter what I try, the kernel is too smart for me :-) , and it
> routes internally (inside the linux box) instead of entering the outside
> world.
I don't think that this is possible purely with iproute2. You will probably
need at least one extra machine to perform NAT.
Perhaps you can get away with UML (usermodelinux).
Regards,
bert
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-12-07 22:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-12-07 21:38 [LARTC] Forcing an "external" route David Purves
2001-12-07 22:27 ` bert hubert [this message]
2001-12-07 22:38 ` bert hubert
2001-12-07 22:46 ` Greg Scott
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