[Gllug] routing via a second external IP

[Alistair Mann]

John Winters wrote:
 > Paul Cupis wrote:

 >>
 >> # ip route add x.x.x.x/x via y.y.y.y
 >
 > Remembering of course to tell your select customers to use the right
 > IP
 > address for the new ADSL line - otherwise only half the traffic
 > (outbound from you) will go down the new line, and if you have NAT
 > then
 > it won't work at all.

NAT works fine with multiple routes, even multiple default routes: I 
support just such a box being used 'in anger'.

I suspect you meant that NAT and multiple routes won't work with a mere 
"ip route add".

Cheers,
-- 
Alistair Mann


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