PCMCIA network card alias configuration

[DevilKin <devilkin-ml@blindguardian.org>]

Hello List,

I've recently reinstalled my laptop (Dell Latitude CPI A 366XT) and decided to 
ditch slackware for a while and give debian a try. Must say, have been 
mightely impressed sofar.

I've stumbled across a few problems I had, but managed to find my way out of 
them sofar. This one, I haven't been able to tackle.

I have a twofold problem:

First part:
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I have a pcmcia network card (3com card using the 3c575_cs driver). It is 
detected by the pcmcia packages and configured using /etc/network/interfaces, 
in which eth0 is set up accordingly.

I also need an eth0:0 alias on eth0, having a different network address. It is 
configured also in /etc/network/interfaces, but I cannot seem to convince the 
pcmcia-utils to activate it aswell at bootup/activation.

Is there any way I can do this?

(whereami is not an option -> i need the two adresses at the same time.)

Second problem: 
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I also dial out using ppp sometimes. Fact is, pppd doesn't like it when 
there's a previously defined global gateway. So, is it possible to tell 
ifup/ifdown to use a route in the style of 
route add -net 10.216.0.0 -netmask 255.255.0.0 gw 10.216.0.1
instead of
route add gw 10.216.0.1 ?


The setup is:
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iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.0.22
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 192.168.0.0
        broadcast 192.168.0.255

iface eth0:0 inet static
        address 10.216.10.123
        netmask 255.255.0.0
        network 10.216.10.0
        broadcast 10.216.10.255
        gateway 10.216.0.1

Thanks!

DK