Re: FTP Question

[michaelr_41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

You can specify a preferred interface in the routing table, CFGTCP option
2.

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 16:34:23 -0500, "Brian J. Eckenrod"
<beckenrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> I have an odd FTP situation I am hoping someone on list can help me with.
> 
> We have an AS400 with 3 IP addresses assigned to it.  Two are assigned to
> one Ethernet interface and one is assigned to another.  We are attempting
> to
> connect to a remote system over a leased line.  For security reasons, we
> are
> only adding router rules to allow traffic from one IP on other side of
> the
> line.  The folks on the other side of the FTP are likewise only allowing
> traffic from the one IP of the AS400.
> 
> The problem is, when initiating the FTP, it is going out on one of the
> other
> IPs and thus not getting to it's destination.  It seems that the IP the
> FTP
> is using is the one on the AS400 that came up first after the last IPL. 
> I
> am not sure if this is always the case or if it even matters which comes
> up
> first.  Which leads to my question:
> 
> Is there a way to choose the source IP (when you have more than one IP on
> the 400) on an outgoing FTP session on the AS400?
> 
> If you need more info, just let me know.
> 
> Thanks all,
> Brian
> 
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