On 09/08/2016 23:11, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 08/09/2016 12:03 PM, John R Pierce wrote: >> those are both the same network, and the default gateway is a global >> thing. packets forwarded to 192.168.1.1 could use either 192.168.1.12 >> or .13, as they are all the same. in reality, they will use the first >> match they find. > > > Generally, but not necessarily. What Birta is trying to accomplish is > called "multi-homing." The oracle document I linked to is one of the > shortest, accurate descriptions of its configuration on Red Hat derived > systems that I've come across. I read the document again ... and this talk about accessing this multi-homed host from the internet... I have all this configured and working! My problem is when a connection is initiated on this multi-homed or whatever host ... and the difference is that in my case the gateway is the same for both interfaces And as I said this problem is resolved too ... I asked for another way to achieve this -- Levi