In article <u2t73dbe2851005041257l9e2cdf50sab187fd49b4688c7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote: > 1) GO = 1->2->4 > RETURN = 4->1 > 2) GO = 1->3->4 > RETURN = 4->1 if the two interfaces at 1 have different ip addresses, it will result in an auto bind of the socket to one of the addresses. If you use a fixed local address it might be due to the fact that its not the FIB which is working here, but the tcp socket endpoint doing the routing decision. Gruss Bernd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html