Re: IP aliasing

[m* <mark@mail.novare.net>]

Maarten Boekhold wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to steup an IP alias on a machine here. According to the
> Virtual-Web mini-HOWTO, I can do:
> 
> ifconfig eth0 alias new-address
> 
> However, ifconfig says 'alias' is not a hostname. 'man ifconfig' doesn't
> say anything about aliasing. This is with netbase 2.13-1.
> 
> Anybody who can get me goin' on this?
> 
> Maarten
> 

i had a similar problem today!

in addition to Remco and Eloy, check to make sure your kernel
has network aliasing and aliasing support configured in.

if you configure aliasing support as a module ( ip_alias ),
make sure you load that module at boot.

m*

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