Mike McGrath: >> create file: >> >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:0 >> >> in it put: >> >> ####### >> DEVICE=eth0:0 >> BOOTPROTO=static >> BROADCAST=10.10.0.255 >> IPADDR=10.10.0.150 >> NETMASK=255.255.255.0 >> NETWORK=10.10.0.0 >> ONBOOT=yes >> TYPE=Ethernet Christopher K. Johnson: > Actually these aliased interface definitions inherit settings from the > parent interface defined by ifcfg-eth0 > So all you need in ifcfg-eth0:0 etcetera are the changed settings, e.g. > > DEVICE=eth0:0 > IPADDR=10.10.0.150 I'm keen on doing something similar, but I notice that there's several apparent duplicates of these files: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/ifcfg-eth0 Should one be modified and the rest left alone? Should they all be the same as each other? (Though in my case the file's named "ifcfg-lan" since it seemed to be using that sort of naming scheme, instead of device naming.) -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.