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Re: Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 4180] New: masquarade and source ip

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Subject: Re: Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 4180] New: masquarade and source ip
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 07:35:22 +1100
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User-agent: tin/1.7.4-20040225 ("Benbecula") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.27-hx-1-686-smp (i686))
> ip addr add eth0 1.2.3.4
> ip addr add eth0 2.3.4.5

Unless you put netmasks on the addresses, e.g., 2.3.4.5/30, the kernel
won't know that 2.3.4.5 is a better address to use than 1.2.3.4 when
trying to reach 2.3.4.6.

> ip route add default via 2.3.4.6 src 2.3.4.5

This src setting does not survive through to the MASQUERADE target and
therefore has no effect.
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