Thread (5 messages) 5 messages, 4 authors, 2011-02-02

avoid ip forward replaces the source MAC address

From: Bernd Petrovitsch <hidden>
Date: 2011-02-02 12:16:24

On Die, 2011-02-01 at 14:27 -0500, Elvis Yoan Tamayo Mollares wrote: 
hi list, during ip forwarding process, the kernel replace the source MAC 
address of the package it received with my own MAC address.. My question 
is: Is there any way to avoid this behavior?
Do not route (on IP-level/OSI layer 3) but switch only (on MAC level/OSI
layer 2).
Of course that has other implications and can't be done always ...

Bernd
-- 
Bernd Petrovitsch                  Email : bernd at petrovitsch.priv.at
                     LUGA : http://www.luga.at
Keyboard shortcuts
hback out one level
jnext message in thread
kprevious message in thread
ldrill in
Escclose help / fold thread tree
?toggle this help