Hi... I have installed ip route 2 package on Linux kernel 2.4.25 I am using 2 tables: ################################### ebox:100.254~# ip route list table ALTER default via 192.168.100.253 dev br0 ebox:100.254~# ip route list table main 10.0.0.254 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.0.1 192.168.100.0/24 dev br0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.100.254 192.168.100.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.100.233 192.168.200.0/24 dev eth2 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.200.254 127.0.0.0/8 dev lo scope link default via 10.0.0.254 dev ppp0 ##################################### Now I set up the rules : ##################################### ebox:100.254~# ip rule list 0: from all lookup local 7: from 216.239.59.147 lookup main 8: from 202.141.80.6 lookup ALTER 32739: from 202.141.80.6 lookup ALTER 32740: from 66.102.11.99 lookup ALTER 32741: from 66.102.11.104 lookup main 32742: from 64.73.37.225 lookup main 32743: from 216.239.59.103 lookup main 32744: from 210.43.44.8 lookup main 32745: from 64.233.183.19 lookup main 32746: from 64.233.183.83 lookup ALTER 32747: from 64.233.183.106 lookup ALTER 32748: from 210.157.158.37 lookup ALTER 32749: from 66.249.87.99 lookup main 32752: from 213.244.168.210 lookup main 32753: from 66.197.129.37 lookup ALTER 32754: from 82.102.4.72 lookup ALTER 32755: from 216.73.82.14 lookup ALTER 32756: from 216.73.82.70 lookup ALTER 32757: from 216.74.132.11 lookup main 32758: from 216.109.117.205 lookup ALTER 32759: from 202.138.124.172 lookup main 32760: from 216.109.127.16 lookup main 32761: from 209.244.156.19 lookup ALTER 32762: from 68.142.228.136 lookup ALTER 32763: from 82.102.4.57 lookup ALTER 32765: from 216.109.118.65 lookup main 32766: from all lookup main 32767: from all lookup default ##################################### But when I try to trace the route of a packet with destination address such that according to ip rule table ALTER should be considered ... its not following the rule... its always following table Main... ##################################### ebox:100.254~# tcptraceroute -n 202.141.80.6 Selected device ppp0, address 10.0.0.1, port 40113 for outgoing packets Tracing the path to 202.141.80.6 on TCP port 80 (http), 30 hops max 1 10.0.0.254 0.333 ms 0.212 ms 0.210 ms 2 202.141.80.6 [open] 0.589 ms 0.591 ms 0.588 ms ###################################### I would appreciate if I can get any help on why this is not working .!!!! Thanks. Regards Shantanu _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc