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Hi, |
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On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:19:58 +0200 "Marco Calviani" |
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<marco.calviani@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> i would like some technical advice concerning the possibility of |
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> mounting two network devices on the same desktop computer. One network |
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> card (which is binded to a fixed IP) allows me to allow the machine to |
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> be visible on the public network, while the second one (faster, the |
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> one i've installed now) is used to work. Would it be possible to |
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> install both of them, with the first one used only for accessing the |
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> machine from an external site? |
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>From hardware and driver side of the problem: Yes, of course. The other |
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question, and you really didn't clarify on this, is whether your |
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intended routing setup would work with such a configuration. But since |
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Linux is extremely configurable in that regard, you probably can |
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archive sensible results. Just specify a bit more information, like the |
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networks (address/netmask) coming into play here. |
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If both of your NICs are routing to the internet and you're offering |
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services to the internet, the answer packets from those services will |
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always take the route w/ lowest metric by default. You'd have to mark |
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the packets e.g. w/ iptables on a user or application basis in order to |
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influence routing so that outgoing "service traffic" takes another way |
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than outgoing "other traffic". But don't hesitate to tell more about |
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your intended setup, it'll get probably easier to help you then. |
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-hwh |
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