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Old 07-10-2013
RedHat Linux with two NICs

Hello All,
I have Linux box with two interface cards.
Every card has it's own IP Address and Gateway, IP addresses are from different subnets.
Code:
eth0 192.168.1.10/24   GW 192.168.1.1
eth1 192.168.2.10/24   GW 192.168.2.1

Third PC is located in 192.168.13.0/24 network and is trying to access (ping) both interfaces, but one of them is not responding to ping.

What is the easiest way to get ping to both interfaces at the same time?

Thank You, Smilie

Best Regards

Last edited by vbe; 07-10-2013 at 11:49 AM.. Reason: code tags...
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Old 07-10-2013
Linux will not forward IP traffic unless you enable forwarding for IP traffic. The pinging thing will have to know to use that PC as a gateway, too.

How to do so at boot time can vary depending on your distribution, how to do so at runtime is

Code:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward


Last edited by Corona688; 07-10-2013 at 12:14 PM..
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Old 07-11-2013
Thank You Corona688, but ip_forward is enabled.
The distribution is CentOS and it also enabled on boot by changing net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1 option in /etc/sysctl.conf

Best Regards

---------- Post updated 07-11-13 at 04:03 AM ---------- Previous update was 07-10-13 at 03:11 PM ----------

I found a solution using iproute2:
1. Step: Adding two new Routing Tables
echo «101 T1» >> /etc/iproute2/rt_tables
echo «102 T2» >> /etc/iproute2/rt_tables

2. Step: Filling new created Routing Tables
ip route add 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 src 192.168.1.10 table T1
ip route add default via 192.168.1.1 table T1

ip route add 192.168.2.0/24 dev eth1 src 192.168.2.10 table T2
ip route add default via 192.168.2.1 table T2

3. Step: Adding Rules
ip rule add from 192.168.1.10 table T1
ip rule add from 192.168.2.10 table T2
As I understand this is for traffic coming from eth0 uses T1, while from eth1 uses T2. (I can be wrong)

Thank You All,

Best Regards
 
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