Re: How to bind FTP to a specific address.

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

You could set up a routing table entry and specify the preferred
interface. That would cause traffic destined for a specific IP address
to go out a specific interface.

On 7/26/07, rob@xxxxxxxxx <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yeah, the remote site expects it to come from a particular IP address.
> I can "fix" one situation.  When I ftp from one lpar to a lpar in the DMZ
> I can open up the exit point on the lpar in the dmz to accept the whole
> range of addresses served by this source lpar.
> However the other situation requires I talk to the "consultant".
> Apparently certain bar code printers accept ftp commands.  And these are
> locked down by the IP address they expect communications to come from.
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> rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I have multiple interfaces defined on my LAN on this one lpar
> > (See CFGTCP, 1. Work with TCP/IP interfaces)
> > One might be for Domino server 01, one for Domino server 02, and one for
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> > normal i5 stuff.
> > When I use the FTP client how do I tell that to bind to a specific
> > address?  Like, when I ftp FROM my i5 lpar to somewhere else how do I
> tell
> > it to use the IP address for i5 stuff and not one of the ones I'd prefer
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> > be reserved for Domino?
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> What difference does it make which IP address is used for an outgoing
> connection?  Is it a security thing?
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> david
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