Hello guys, I configured a Linux 2.2.12 RedHat 6.1 with two identical 3Com 3c59x boards. eth0 192.168.3.1 eth1 192.168.3.2 The LAN where this system is linked has two kinds of systems sending and retrieving data to/from the Linux server: a) systems sending heavy TCP/IP data transfers to 192.168.3.1: they do not know 192.168.3.2 b) systems retrieving data from the server using 192.168.3.2: they do not know 192.168.3.1 The problem is that data is sent from Linux box to requesting systems b) using 192.168.3.1 Reason: netstat shows Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 192.168.3.1 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0 192.168.3.2 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth1 192.168.3.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 192.168.3.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 192.168.3.7 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 I think the solution to turn around this problem is to remove the destination 192.168.3.0 -> eth0 But, is there a better solution to force data to be sent using the requesting device, this means any connection received from 192.168.3.1 will use eth0 to send back the answer data meanwhile any connection received from 192.168.3.2 will use eth1 to send back the answer. Other question: Is there a tool to measure the data transfer speed ? Currently this configuration is sending a 64MB file on 40 seconds this means ~ 16 Mbs meanwhile linked to a 100Mb LAN with 100Mb network adapters. Last question: How to introduce a subscription to this forum ? Thanks - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
