On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Les Mikesell wrote: > Barry Brimer wrote: >>> I'd like to consolidate some services that have been assigned by IP (dns, >>> syslog etc.) onto one machine by giving it IP aliases to accept >>> connections for the old addresses until all the references are fixed. >>> However, I'd like to have it use it's original IP as the source for >>> outbound connections. Where do you control that? >> >> There may be settings in each application that control that, but in case >> there are not .. you should be able to do something like : >> >> iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp --sport 334 -j SNAT --to 2.3.4.5 >> > > Is there no way to control the default source address? In some applications you can .. but it is application dependent. what applications are you looking to do this with? Barry