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Re: 2 NIC's



On Mon, Jul 05, 2021 at 04:13:07PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> tomas@tuxteam.de (12021-07-05):
> > Yes: ip_forward should be 1.
> 
> Forwarding should not be necessary for connecting on the matching IP
> address. If ethA has IP-A and is connected to net-A and ethB has IP-B
> and is connected to net-B, then forwarding is not necessary to connect
> to IP-A from net-A nor to IP-B from net-B
> 
> Forwarding would  be necessary to connect to IP-A from net-B or IP-B
> from net-A without taking a round trip, but it also requires that the
> router on the networks knows about it.

As I understood the OP, this is the ultimate goal. That said...

> > Besides, and judging from the paragraph quoted above, your box seems
> > to lose the route to the local network (192.168.xxx.xxx) once the
> > other is connected.
> 
> If this is true, then this is the issue and forwarding is irrelevant.

...this has to be taken care of first, definitely :)

Cheers
 - t

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