Routing choice under user control per application instance?

[Fabio FZero]

I might be wrong, but can't this be done by passing a command-line
parameter indicating you want to use, say, eth1 instead of eth0?

Sorry if it sounds obvious, but sometimes I find myself trying to
reinvent the wheel and end up finding a command-line switch that saves
the day.

FZ

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 16:41, S P Arif Sahari Wibowo
<arifsaha-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am wondering whether it is possible to choose TCP/IP routing for a
> specific instance of an application - chosen on user-level when the
> application is started?
>
> More specifically I have a linux workstation with 2 Internet connections
> (different devices), and I would like to have some applications connecting
> to Internet using one connection while other applications connecting to
> Internet using the other connection, where I choose which application
> instance use which connection.
>
> I control the whole workstation (root, hardware) so I can do whatever on the
> machine, but not the router / connection.
>
> Any idea?
>
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