[TriLUG] tying applications to specific interfaces?

Greg Brown gwbrown1 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 18 14:12:48 EDT 2008


Hum.. what are my open-source (and I hope free of cost) options for virtual
machines under Linux?

Greg

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Scott Lambdin <lopaki at gmail.com> wrote:

> You could do it with virtual machines.  When you run Frierfox with the 2nd
> icon it runs on VM2 and displays on VM1.  There may be a few holes in this
> plan.
>
>
> On 6/18/08, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Let's assume I have an Ubuntu desktop of the latest revision running on a
> > desktop machine with two interfaces: one is a 10/100 Ethernet and one is
> a
> > 802.11g interface.  Also assume that the Ethernet is the "corporate"
> > network
> > and the 802.11 is a public hotspot.
> >
> > I'd like to tie specific applications to specific interfaces say, for
> > instance, VNC to always use my Ethernet interface while Firefox uses my
> > wireless.  Is this even possible?  Furthermore is it possible to have two
> > icons for Firefox, one that uses the Ethernet and one that uses the
> > wireless
> > network?
> >
> > Also assume that the Ethernet is the "corporate" network and the 802.11
> is
> > a
> > public hotspot.
> >
> > Even more furthermore is this kind of thing possible with OS X?
> >
> > Greg
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