I got this back, but I'll sanitze the outside addresses to protect the guilty. :-) ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: howto isolate 2 nics? Date: Friday 22 September 2006 13:20 From: Jim Hines <jhines@xxxxxxxx> To: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Please post the results of route -n and ifconfig -a. It sounds like you > may have a default route issue. > > Bob... route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 66.xx.xx.xx 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.240 U 0 0 0 eth0 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.12 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1 ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:5F:7C:6B inet addr:66.xx.xx.xx Bcast:66.xx.xx.xx Mask:255.255.255.240 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:16990702 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:8227520 errors:3 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:3 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:3080066568 (2937.3 Mb) TX bytes:1206913340 (1151.0 Mb) Interrupt:5 Base address:0x9000 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:DA:B4:0E:93 inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:62903099 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1 TX packets:58704388 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:1244767257 (1187.1 Mb) TX bytes:3080714873 (2937.9 Mb) Interrupt:12 Base address:0xd800 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:2274417 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2274417 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:450462974 (429.5 Mb) TX bytes:450462974 (429.5 Mb) ------------------------------------------------------- To refresh, this is one machine with two jobs. And any request for data, on either ehternet card, is responded to by sending the response out the default gateway rather than thru the interface the requested the service. This is the problem. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.