[Techtalk] Networking question: Linking two public subnets via a pair of virtual interfaces.

[Mary]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2003, Mary wrote:
> OK, my short term solution is SNAT (source network address translation
> - its just like masquerading except it is designed for an 'always up'
> address with a static IP, which you normally don't get on dialup).
> This works, but is vaguely undesirable because 10.0.0.226 shouldn't
> have to be disguised as 10.0.0.190 before it can communicate with the
> other subnet. 10.0.0.226 is a routable address!

I'm told that http://linux-ip.net/html/linux-ip.html#adv-media-share
will describe what I need, if anyone ever writes it. But since a new
household router with 2 NICs is coming soon, I probably won't chase this
further.

-Mary