it depends, for example if you have ip_forward enabled it will forward the packet for you, using your default route for example in case dest ip is not in the same subnet. On 9 November 2010 20:56, Sumin Xia <xiasumin1984@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi every one, > > According to my understanding, if I implement entables on my Linux system, a > frame should be passed through ebtables modules. Then, if ebtables modules > find the destination mac address of the frame is the local mac address, it > will transfer the frame to layer-3, that is iptables, right? > > Now I want to do a test, which modifies the destination mac address of a > frame before sending it. Therefore, the frame will be forwarded to another > destination instead of the real destination, while its destination ip > address is still the real destination ip address. In this case, when the > frame arrive at pseudo destination machine, will it be transfered to lay-3 > of the system? If it is transfered to lqy-3 of the system, the system will > find the destination ip address is not local ip address. What will happen > next? Drop the packet? or send an arp request to find the real destination > mac address and forward it? > > Thanks, > > Sumin > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
