[ale] two connections to internet??

[Joseph Andrew Knapka]

Leonard Thornton wrote:
> 
> Deja' Vu....

Yes, I see that you suggested something similar before :-)
However, we were trying to deal with the problem of
making some machines -always- use the DSL for outgoing
traffic and other machines -always- use the cable.
Maybe Thompson's suggestion was implicit in your
earlier post, but it wasn't obvious to me.

-- Joe
 
> Joseph Andrew Knapka wrote:
> 
> > Thompson Freeman wrote:
> >
> >>OK. Blue sky wondering here, but hopefully to get a decent education out
> >>of the deal (Thanks to one and all! 8-))
> >>
> >>One firewall box, four ether interfaces: one to the DSL, one to the cable
> >>modem, and two for the internal network. Each of the internal interfaces
> >>points (NAT) to only one external interface, and each internal machine
> >>is assigned to an internal interface for gateway purposes. Rather a brute
> >>hardware approach, but would it work until a proper and dynamic software
> >>solution was developed?
> >>
> >
> > Yes, I think that would work. In fact you can probably
> > to do it with one internal card with multiple addresses using
> > interface aliasing, since IIRC ipchains' masquerading rules
> > are based in IP address, not on interface identity. But
> > I may not be recalling correctly; it's been a while since
> > I used ipchains. And the ipchains internals might care
> > about interface identity even if the user-visible rules
> > are expressed in terms of IP addresses. So mutiple
> > internal cards would be better (as in, certain to work
> > without much fuss).
> >
> >
> 
> --
> The difficult while you wait...the impossible overnight.
> 
> Leonard Thornton
> Intelis, Inc
> leonard at intelis-inc.net

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