On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 07:29:49PM +0300, Sadus . wrote: > This is what i'm getting: > > debian:~# ip route get locationIP > locationIP dev eth1 src HostIP > cache mtu 1500 advmss 1460 hoplimit 64 that's not a complete entry, unless $locationIP is on the same layer 3 subnet as $HostIP. like this output from my machine on 10.1.1.0/24 with IP 10.1.1.223: $ ip route get 10.1.1.1 10.1.1.1 dev eth0 src 10.1.1.223 cache mtu 1500 advmss 1460 fragtimeout 64 a route get for an IP address not on the local segment would have a "via $gateway_IP" part to it: $ ip route get 4.2.2.2 4.2.2.2 via 10.1.1.1 dev eth0 src 10.1.1.223 cache mtu 1500 advmss 1460 fragtimeout 64 since you're not providing any actual IP information, i can't actually help you, but if $locationIP is not on the same layer 3 subnet as $HostIP, or is not *directly* reachable on eth1, someone has added a faulty route to that box along the lines of this: ip route add $locationIP dev eth1 instead of: ip route add $locationIP via $gateway_IP good luck figuring it out--you have all the tools at your hands now. -j -- "Peter: YEAH. I'm also addicted to boobies." --Family Guy