configuring linux server to send traffic to local machines using local IP address
- by gkdsp
Two linux servers, server1 and server2, are on the same local network (they also have access to an external network).
Server2 has a local IP of 192.168.0.2 and a host name of host2.mydomain.com.
QUESTION 1: If an application on server1 sends traffic to server2 using a host name of host2.mydomain.com, what determines whether this traffic is routed to server2 using the local or external network?
QUESTION 2: To ensure that all traffic sent from server1 to server2 always uses the local network, could I simply include in the server1 /etc/hosts file the following?
192.168.0.2 host2.mydomain.com
...the thinking being, if the servers are always on the same network there should never be a need for server2 to send traffic to server1 via the external network (that I can think of anyway). Is this done in practice, or is some other method preferred?