ifconfig and virtual devices

[Simon Read <simon@annapolis.formasic.com>]

Folks,

I need to be able to assign several IP numbers to the same interface.
I understand I can do this with something like "ifconfig eth0:1
192.168.107.4 -netmask 255.255.255.0".  Unfortunately, this doesn't
work with "ifconfig 1.22 (1996-05-09)"; I get "SIOCSIFADDR: No such
device".

Is this because this version of ifconfig doesn't support this feature?
Have I committed some other error?

I tried upgrading my version of ifconfig, but it won't compile because
my ip_fw.h is not new enough.  Is there some way I can find out where
files like ip_fw.h come from with only a small effort?

Thanks for any help.

Simon Read

2 Maryland Avenue, #36
Annapolis
MD 2401-1651, USA
1 410 280 0228

s.read@iee.org


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