Niall O Broin wrote:
> On 22 Feb 2006, at 10:07, Colm MacCarthaigh wrote:
>> Use subinterfaces, ie:
>>>> iface ethX:1
>> address a.b.c.d
>> netmask 255.255.255.255
>> OK - I could have hazarded a guess at that one, but that will give me an
> ethX:1 interface, no? Whereas what I wanted to do was add another ip to
> ethX.
Depends how you look at it. According to ifconfig/ifup/ifdown, yes, it's
a seperate interface. But to all practical intents and purposes, and
according to iproute, it's not. ifconfig is deprecated, iproute is
preferred.
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
link/ether 00:c0:4f:bb:25:da brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 193.1.99.120/26 brd 193.1.99.127 scope global eth0
inet 136.201.105.1/24 brd 136.201.105.255 scope global eth0:1
Steve
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