Thanks. Thanks a lot for clarifying all this.
On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 3:59 PM, Michal Kubecek <mkube...@suse.cz> wrote: > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 03:39:05PM +0530, Akshat Kakkar wrote: >> For following commands, >> ip addr add 10.10.10.1/24 brd + dev br0 >> ip addr add 10.10.10.2/24 brd + dev br0 >> ip addr add 20.20.20.1/24 brd + dev br0 >> ip addr add 20.20.20.2/24 brd + dev br0 >> >> Both 10.10.10.1 and 20.20.20.1 becomes primary. Which one will be used >> as source IP? >> >> Is it nextHop of route that will decide? > > Unless you have an unusual routing setup, yes. When unsure, you can use > "ip route get ..." which should tell you which route and which source > address will be used. > >> And what about communication in local subnet, say ping to 10.10.10.200 >> and 20.20.20.200? Will source for both will change according to >> destination IP? > > This is the same. Under "normal" circumstances, 10.10.10.1 will be used > for targets from 10.10.10.0/24 and 20.20.20.1 for targets from > 20.20.20.0/24. > > Michal Kubecek
