Re: IP Address networking - best way?

["Justin Hartman" <jjhartman@gmail.com>]

On 1/4/07, Larry Irwin <larryi@ccamedical.com> wrote:
> Forget my last email... too quick on the keyboard...
> The "auto" declaration is for physical interfaces only...
> It should have looked like this when you were done:
>
> #Physical interface
> auto eth0
> #Base address
> iface eth0 inet static
>        address 70.87.206.50
>        netmask 255.255.255.0
>        gateway 70.87.206.49
> #Alias adress #1
> iface eth0:0 inet static
>        address 70.87.206.51
>        netmask 255.255.255.0
>        gateway 70.87.206.49
[SNIP]

Ok this setup in the /etc/network/interfaces file is working great.
One problem however is if I restart the machine the eth0:0 doesn't
load at runtime and i have to manually run ifup eth0:0 before the
interface loads.

Is there any way to ensure that the eth0:0 loads at boot time?
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Regards
Justin Hartman
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