Re: netbase bug?

[Johnie Ingram <johnie@netgod.net>]

"Ian" == Ian Keith Setford <ians@jove.acs.unt.edu> writes:

Ian> I have 2 Debian boxes with 3c905b NICs.  Both are running 2.2.2
Ian> but with netbase 3.1-1.21 the ip-aliasing stuff "works", as in
Ian> the ip alias is created but ifconfig will not show the alias
Ian> unless you call it explicitly with the interface name.

Confirmed, my server (tulip, eepro100) was broken like this for months
until someone suggested using the potato netbase instead of slink.
This will be a big annoyance for 2.2.x users.

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