Hi Again,

> You are using a wrong command. If you are using venet0 you should
> execute the command _exactly_ in the form I ask, with "from" and "iif",
> in VE0.

Ok, I understand you on this now..   I wasn't cloear on what is the
incoming_device, (eth0 or venet0) so I provided both:

eth0 working:
  [root@sonata ~]# ip route get 192.168.0.105 from 192.168.0.253/24 iif eth0
  192.168.0.105 from 192.168.0.253 dev venet0  src 192.168.0.224 
      cache <src-direct>  mtu 1500 advmss 1460 hoplimit 64 iif eth0

eth0 not working:
  [root@sonata ~]# ip route get 192.168.0.105 from 192.168.0.253/24 iif eth0
  192.168.0.105 from 192.168.0.253 dev venet0  src 192.168.0.224 
      cache <src-direct>  mtu 1500 advmss 1460 hoplimit 64 iif eth0


venet0 working:
  [root@sonata ~]# ip route get 192.168.0.105 from 192.168.0.253/24 iif venet0
  192.168.0.105 from 192.168.0.253 dev venet0  src 192.168.0.224 
      cache  mtu 1500 advmss 1460 hoplimit 64 iif venet0

venet0 not working:
  [root@sonata ~]# ip route get 192.168.0.105 from 192.168.0.253/24 iif venet0
  192.168.0.105 from 192.168.0.253 dev venet0  src 192.168.0.224 
      cache  mtu 1500 advmss 1460 hoplimit 64 iif venet0

> There should be a difference.

In both cases, they are the same.  I don't think I mentioned it in the
first email - restarting the VE fixes the problem.

Is there anything else you can suggest I try?

Regards,

Chris Bennett (cgb)