I have a Red Hat linux server X on a x.x.0.0 network. This machine also has to communicate with another server Y on a network called y.y.0.0

Server X has two network interfaces.

eth0 is configured on the x.x.0.0 network and has a default gateway on the x.x.0.0 network.

In order to communicate server Y on the y.y.0.0 network I'm planning on configuring eth1 with a y.y.0.0 IP address and gateway. I then want to add a static route on eth0 that uses eth1's IP address as a gateway.

Example (using fictional IP addresses):

SERVER X -> eth0 192.168.0.1 (add static route 20.10.0.0 gw 20.10.0.1)
-> eth1 20.10.0.1

SERVER Y -> 20.10.0.10

My logic tells me that if I then request to talk to server Y the request will go to eth1 via the static routed on eth0. eth1 is on the same network as server Y, so the request should then be able to reach server Y

Could someone please confirm that his is correct (or incorrect for that matter).

Cheers