Routing from docker containers using a different physical network interface and default gateway

A friend and I ran into this exact problem where we wanted to have docker support multiple network interfaces servicing requests. We were specifically working with the AWS EC2 service where we were also attaching/configuring/bringing up the additional interfaces. In this project, there is more than what you need so I will try to only … Read more

Specify route to an interface in Windows cmd

To specify the interface in windows route command, you are supposed to use ‘IF’… Uppercase letters, not lowercase. Also, where you are specifying you want to add a route to a single IP 192.168.0.6, you need to use a subnet mask of 255.255.255.255. The subnet mask of 255.255.255.255 specifies a single host. A subnet mask … Read more

What is the difference between “route” and “ip route”?

The iproute2 suite is set to replace the net-tools suite of network configuration tools. There are “synonym” commands that perform similar function in each. While most documentation will refer you to the route command, you’ll be ahead of the game to learn ip route since distributions should stop including net-tools at some point. Deprecated Linux … Read more

How to set up a VPN Incoming connection with Windows to tunnel Internet traffic?

You were able to create a dial-up VPN connection between Vista and Windows Web Server 2008 without the Network Policy Server role? If so, I’m curious as to what the subnet/IP looked like to the client in that scenario once the tunnel was up. If you have a VPN up, then you’ve transferred your problem … Read more