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Re: virtual ip's



On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 06:35:38PM +1000, Peter Good wrote
> I've only ever used
> for the first IP
> 
> ifconfig eth0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx broadcast
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> 
> For the 2nd IP (got about 4 all up on this box that i'm using this for,
> works perfectly)
> 
> ifconfig eth0:0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> 
> Pete.
> 

If the two IPs are on the same network, that's probably enough; 
if they're on different networks you need the full form so that
the kernel knows the netmask and broadcast address.

> 
> Oki DZ wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, 5 May 2000, Wayne Sitton wrote:
> > 
> > > How do I bind 2 ip's to the same nic in Debian
> > >
<snip>

John P.
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