On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 00:43 +0100, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Sa, den 12.03.2005 schrieb Aaron O'Hara um 0:07: > Ok :) Then you won't make them angry if they detect what you do. > Untested, but you may try to use aliased devices, by multiplying the > existing eth0 device: copy the existing ifcfg-eth0 configuration file > for each aliased device, like > > cp -a /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:0 > > Do so for ifcfg-eth0:1 and ifcfg-eth0:2. Edit the content of these files > as far as unique information is stored in there. Keep the HWADDR. Then a > > service network restart eth0 > > should bring the devices up - if all goes well. Be aware that iptables > can not handle aliased device names (like eth0:0). > > Alexander I'm going to try what you've suggested this weekend. Is there any way to provide firewall services on aliased devices? -- Aaron
