On Wednesday 13 December 2006 21:51, Terry Polzin wrote: > Does anyone still use this? Yes, not alias interfaces (eth0:1 style) but secondary addresses, that can be controlled by ip-command or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/eth0-foobar scripts, example: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=none IPADDR=192.168.0.5 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 ONBOOT=yes /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/eth0 can have the same device definition, example: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=none IPADDR=192.168.0.4 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet Beware that ifconfig is able to show only old style alias interfaces. For secondary addresses, use command #ip a s > Is it compiled into the default kernel? Yes Best Regards Kimmo Koivisto
