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edit; I found a solution that works, see thread #3 https://www.unix.com/302417065-post3.html

Hi there,

I have a small dedicated server that has four ip addresses and by default my httpd sends request using the servers main ip for all outbound connections.

I'm quite amateur at routing and iptables I figured I'd sign up here and ask the gurus for advice on the subject.

So here is the situation that I am having, my server that uses the ip 127.0.20.1 uses 127.0.20.1 for all outbound connections which is fine for almost everything, however lets say I want to connect to some.hostname or 10.0.0.74 etc etc is there a quick routing or ip tables trick/tip to simply make all connections requested to connect to 10.0.0.74 use 127.0.20.4 as opposed to using 127.0.20.1


Thank you all in advance for all advice or solutions.

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Mooofa

Is that really on loopback and internal IPs, or have you sanitized the addresses? Right now you're telling me your server has several IPs on the same subnet, which is a little odd.

Hi

I actually solved my issue I meant to edit my thread but forgot to last night, and for anyone else needing a solution like this using routing its acutally really easy i just read the manual on route, solved everything.

Command issued as root

Code:

route add -host 192.168.2.105 dev eth0:3

You change 192.168.2.105 to whatever destination ip you are wanting to use a different interface on, and eth0 with :1 - :3 etc etc, determines your virtual interface.


Hope this helps others in similar situations, cheers!

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The address were simply sanitized for theory crafting.

These changes will go away when the server is restarted.

That is correct so be sure to add it to your custom start up scripts if your server is off and on often.