Hi, Given a setup where there are multiple NIC's (some of them being virtual eth1:1, etc and others being real) and if they all have the same default gw can a preference be made by a network-application such as the browser of selecting to use a one NIC over another. The idea here is that I should be able to select the source IP which should be used by the network-application. It is not possible to use RAW sockets here as we are dealing with net-apps and hence we dont have access to their socket calls. Also, ifdown the not needed NIC's is also not an option as all NIC's need to stay 'up' all the time. Any info will be greatly appreciated. thanks, Ronak - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html