Hello All,

This is my first post and I have a question.

I wish to have legal torrent traffic (for grabbing linux ISOs as I need them) going through a separate connection than my normal Internet/LAN traffic.

I am wondering if, for example, I route all outgoing torrent traffic through the ISP associated with eth1 that it will be received through the same connection and not through the ISP associated with eth0.

The reason I am asking is because I have a slower connection that I don't mind using for torrents while my main connection is tied down to gaming and surfing etc.

So, in asking that I have a few additional questions. Will this have to be configured on a separate box that is the link between all the networks or can I do it from my laptop using iptables and iproute2.

If a diagram is needed to explain the above sentence, I will be happy to draw one up. If I have also been unclear with my question, let me know and I will happily reword it as best I can.

Thanks in advance,
aR

You can use firewall to route the way you want. You can try with fwbuilder (uses iptables and route) or whichever firewall you want.

Hello,

All outgoing traffic will be answered to public source IP. If eth0 and eth1 are both public with different IP adress packet will come back on sender interface.

You can do it both way, dedicating a box for this task or using your laptop for this. Iptables iproute2 will do it nicely.

I'm not sure i've perfectly understood problem between box or laptop, give more informations if i've messed with this.

m.e.

Thank you both for the very speedy response,

If I am understanding this correctly it means that if all traffic for torrents has been marked and routed through ethX then that connection's public IP will be the only means in which the torrent traffic will be transmitted?

Best,
aR

Yes, external peopole can't know your other IP. Don't forget to forward (or allow) incoming connections on this interface to your torrent client program

You're the man. Thanks.

I'll post again if something goes wrong.

Another quick question from me, I am almost done the routing but I was wondering the syntax for a command.

ip route add default via IP dev wlan0 table rule.out

Which IP should that be...the external IP from the ISP I want to use for torrents or the IP of the wlan0 device from my wireless router.

Thanks in advance,

aR

ip route add default via IP_router table T1
ip route add IP_net dev wlan0 src IP

IP_router: your router's IP
IP_net: the IP of your router net (something like 192.168.1.255)
IP: the IP of your computer on router's net

Well, our firewall does much more, but I think this is enough for you... sorry by lots of editing, but I was just confused.

Bye!!

Both devices are routers, packet you send them going to be routed. From your local network you don't need to use external network information, just send traffic to one of your local routeurs.

m.e.

Have a read of a short article/script I wrote on the subject: http://www.adamsinfo.com/extending-t...-masquerading/

It's based on the lartc.org guide and shows split access and masquerading. Works great for me.