I have a series of Linux servers that, for reasons beyond my control, have only 10/100 Ethernet for connecting to their clients. Because the servers are multi-homed, however, I have the option of connecting them to each other via a 10/100/1000 switch on a private IP range and that's what I would like to do. However, I don't want doing so to make this "backchannel" visible to the client population in an untoward way.<br>
<br>For instance, if one of the servers is a Samba server and Samba listens/talks over both eth0 and eth1, I don't want machines on either eth0 or eth1 see the Samba server twice, i.e., once directly and again "through" the server itself to the other side. I don't want Windows or other Samba clients to freak. <br>
<br>- Jeff<br>