to set up an ip alias (2ndary ip address on a single nic) edit /etc/network/interfaces copy the main interface, paste it, replace eth0 with eth0:1, remove the gateway and dns entries and execute /etc/init.d/networking restart then to set up the ip it uses for outbound connections execute: ip route show and then execute: ip route replace default (followed by whatever was in the ip route show for the default) and then at the end put in 'src 10.0.2.22' or whatever the ip address you want the outbound traffic to come from is ruby script to keep an ssh tunnel open a networking routing problem I learned something from recently |