From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robin Rosenberg Subject: Re: 2 nics in the same machine... Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:54:22 +0100 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200403182254.22969.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> References: <89760D3F308BD41183B000508BAFAC4104B17010@DDCNYNTD> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <89760D3F308BD41183B000508BAFAC4104B17010@DDCNYNTD> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: RANDAZZO@ddc-web.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org 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-newbie" 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.linux-learn.org/faqs