Steve Polyack wrote: > Kevin Keane wrote: >> Inquiring minds want to know: why would you want to control the >> source address? Doesn't the routing table automatically select the >> correct one based on the destination address you want to reach? >> >> > The OS is supposed to choose a "functional" address, which when paired > with a routing entry, makes the destination reachable. However, in a > multi-homed environment this may not choose the desired connection > (does not account for bandwidth, latency, hops, etc). Few applications In all honesty, I'm not yet following (and the links you added went to a 404 page, sorry ). 99% of the time when somebody comes up with an unusual request like that, there is something for me to learn, so I hope you can forgive me for probing further!
Do you mean, multihomed on the same physical network? Or multihomed on two separate physical networks? On the same physical network, I could see some merit if you have two NICs. Dedicating one NIC to bacula traffic may allow a switch to establish a completely separate data path and not impact regular traffic. But even then - shouldn't this be better done as a second subnet overlayed over the same physical network? If it is multihomed on different physical networks, and the routing table selects a suboptimal route, shouldn't you fix the routing table, since these problems aren't really bacula problems? > There are also several situations in which the backup servers or > clients may use additional IPs to establish network presence on a > service-by-service basis (i.e. all bacula/backup traffic moves over > one IP address, all web traffic over another IP address, all SSH/mgmnt > over another address, etc etc). That makes sense for the destination IP. How does the source address figure in this picture? > There was a big discussion about this some time ago which you may read: > http://www.mail-archive.com/bacula-us...@lists.sourceforge.net/msg15640.htm > > http://www.mail-archive.com/bacula-us...@lists.sourceforge.net/msg15776.htm > > -- Kevin Keane Owner The NetTech Find the Uncommon: Expert Solutions for a Network You Never Have to Think About Office: 866-642-7116 http://www.4nettech.com This e-mail and attachments, if any, may contain confidential and/or proprietary information. Please be advised that the unauthorized use or disclosure of the information is strictly prohibited. The information herein is intended only for use by the intended recipient(s) named above. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the e-mail and any copies, printouts or attachments thereof. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
