Two interfaces on the same network

Rodolfo J. Paiz rpaiz at simpaticus.com
Wed Jun 9 17:47:41 UTC 2004


At 11:21 6/9/2004, Al wrote:
>When PC with IP 172.20.1.32 use browser to access
>http://172.20.1.31, linux device reply by eth0, not eth1.(by sinffer)
>That is, linux device seems only to use eth0 (first brought up)
>when all interfaces are in the same network. Packets won't
>be passed thru eth1 even if I intend to do so. If eth0 wire is unplug,
>eth1 won't work too since linux only use eth0 if eth0/eth1 are in the same 
>network.

And the reason for that is probably your "default route" which is set to 
eth0. Check your routing table.


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