[rt-users] Tricky situation with rt-mailgate

Tuc at Beach House tuc at tucs-beachin-obx-house.com
Mon May 2 21:14:53 EDT 2005


> 
> So you're trying to get the mailgate box to talk to the other two,
> with*out* going through the load-balanced IP address for those boxes,
> right?
>
	Right, BUT, also be able to deal with one or the other machine
not being there. (All these requirements, I know!)
> 
> > 	It comes back down to even with a 2nd interface, the load balanced
> > IP is still in the subnet of the first interface.
> 
> Yes, but if you *lie* to the mailgate machine, by putting into it's hosts
> file the name of the other machines, as well as their IP address *on
> the other private network* (192.168.2/24, for example, where the load
> balanced interfaces are on 192.168.1/24), then the mailgate machine
> won't *talk* to the load balanced IPs.
> 
> In other words, set up a "back" network that the loadbalancer has no
> knowledge of, and force the mail machine to use it.
> 
> Was that clearer, and do you think it will serve?
> 
	Its clearer... I've got to see what it'll take to implement.

		Thanks, Tuc



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