At Tue, 18 May 2004 it looks like rolf-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx composed: > Michael - > > the best way to do it is as follows > > cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ > #change to the directory where the ifconfig scripts are held > > cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth0:1 > #copy ifcfg-eth0(configuration file for eth0) to ifcfg-eth0:1(first alias) Hmm, I know on Solaris the first alias starts at :1 but I recall doing my first alias for Linux on eth0:0, is that still the case currently? -- Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 San Francisco CA 94121 http://billschoolcraft.com