Getting AOL IM client to work with IPTABLES and IPROUTE2 (port forwarding almost)

[David]

I'm trying to get my AOL IM'r to work consistenly with 2 cable modems. It
seems like it says it can't connect (90% of the time, 10% it works, just
pure luck) when I have both of the cable modems working together with this
iproute command

ip route default equalize nexthop via ***.***.***.*** dev eth0 nexthop via
***.***.***.*** dev eth2
iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -o eth2
iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -o eth0
Internet and everything else works fine with that. I need a solution whether
it be some kind of forwarding (port 5190) so that anything received comes
through 1 ethernet address. It might even have to be sent out the same
ethernet address but I'm thinking either one would work if there is someway
to put a return address on the packet or something. I know AOL im'r works
100% when the linux box is routing just through 1 cable modem.



Thanks!

David
maniacdavid@cableone.net