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Re: two interfaces one subnet
From: Martin Hannigan <martin () theicelandguy com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 12:06:06 -0400
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick () ianai net>wrote:
On May 11, 2009, at 11:43 PM, Ben Scott wrote:On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick () ianai net> wrote:Do you even read your own posts? Specifically:On May 11, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Ben Scott wrote: Either way, ifthe packet *from* X was addressed *to* B but the response comes back from *A*, then host X is going to drop the packet as invalid/irrelevant/etc.The receiving host X does not care (or even know) if A and B are in the same prefix.Look again. A and B are *IP addresses*, not hosts.Sometimes people agree with me, sometimes they don't, and sometimes I agree with them. But I've yet to have someone claim to be arguing against me while proving my point. Anyone else want to unconfused Ben? I obviously cannot.
Really nothing clever about this at all in application or practicality. host> cat /etc/services | grep nntp nntp 119/tcp readnews untp # USENET News Transfer Protocol host1> cat /etc/hosts | grep news 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.100 clue-store 192.168.0.100 news-out 192.168.0.101 news-in If this didn't work, you'd suppose that virtual machines and IP aliasing wouldn't work either. Unless routes facing the world on the device are "tweaked", this should work fine and be reliable (if implemented cluefully). Am I not getting it? Best, -M< -- Martin Hannigan martin () theicelandguy com p: +16178216079 Power, Network, and Costs Consulting for Iceland Datacenters and Occupants
Current thread:
- Re: two interfaces one subnet, (continued)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet Hector Herrera (May 11)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet Ben Scott (May 11)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet Patrick W. Gilmore (May 11)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet Ben Scott (May 11)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet James Hess (May 11)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet David Coulson (May 11)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet Chris Adams (May 11)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet Hector Herrera (May 11)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet Patrick W. Gilmore (May 11)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet Ben Scott (May 11)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet Patrick W. Gilmore (May 11)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet Martin Hannigan (May 12)
- Two interfaces one subnet (summary) Ivan Pepelnjak (May 14)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet Curtis Maurand (May 12)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet Chris Meidinger (May 12)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet David Devereaux-Weber (May 11)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet Chris Meidinger (May 11)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet Ben Scott (May 11)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet Chris Meidinger (May 11)
- Re: two interfaces one subnet Patrick W. Gilmore (May 11)