>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Ben> As usual, I seem to be trying to do something that is inherently not
Ben> how things work. But, if you have any ideas, I'd love to hear them
Ben> :)
Ben> Are there any linux-related mailing lists where this is a more
Ben> appropriate question?
Ben> Basically, I want a single PC to look like a bunch of PCs.
Ben> So, I might have:
Ether
-------- S ---------
Client -eth0 172.20.20.3 W | ServerPC
PC -eth1 172.20.20.4 I eth0-| 172.20.20.1
-eth2 172.20.20.5 T |_________
-------- C
H
Ben> Now, I would like to be able to have eth0 have one IP address (no
Ben> virtual interfaces, at least in one configuration), and be able to
Ben> route packets over a specific eth interface on the Client PC.
Ben> Assume that a plain old ethernet switch sits between them.
You are sort of doing trunking.
Ben> So, can this be done with something like source-routing? The
You don't need to do this, just bind the local port to the address
on which you wish to send. But that may not work.
Ben> If that's possible, can I make sure that the ARP fromm ServerPC is
Ben> answered correctly so that the pkt comes to the right ClientPC
Ben> ethernet device (and right port on the switch)?
You can't due to the fact that Alexei doesn't believe that people put
multiple network interfaces on the same physical wire.
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