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Re: virtual interfaces



Sam Watkins wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 12:10:43AM -0500, Adam Aube wrote:
>> Here's the problem - eth0 and eth0:0 are identical, so you have defined
>> the interface twice.
> 
> really?  I can bind eth0 and eth0:0 to different IPs on my 2.4 box no
> problem.

I just tested this on my system (2.6) and it is the same here.

> this website:
> 
>   http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~harish/linuxipalias.html
> 
> says that eth0:0 and eth0:1 are different from eth0:

It was my understanding that eth0 and eth0:0 were equivalent. It appears I
was mistaken. Thank you for pointing this out.

Adam



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