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Re: Multiple static ips and dhcp mixed



On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:48:10AM +0200, Armin Häberling wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently setting up a development machine of ours. For testing our  
> application it need two static ips. it does not need to be accessible  
> under these ips from outside.
> Another interface should be configured via dhcp. I would use a static  
> ip, but it's a laptop that may be used in a lots of different networks.
>
> My /etc/network/interfaces looks like this
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> auto eth1
> iface eth1 inet dhcp
>
> auto eth1:0
> iface eth1:0 inet static
>         address 172.16.2.201
>         netmask 255.255.255.0
>         broadcast 172.16.2.255
>
> auto eth1:1
> iface eth1:1 inet static
>         address 172.16.2.201
>         netmask 255.255.255.0
>         broadcast 172.16.2.255

they are the same address ?
>
> I set up the static ips in a private subnet.
>
> The problems with this solution is that eth1:0 and eth1:0 are not set up  
> at boot time. They are only set up if I do a /etc/init.d/networking  
> restart. The second is that if I unplug the network eth1:0 and eth1:1  
> also go down. I would really like them to be up all the time (remeber  
> that I don't care if they are not accessible from another machine).

why not add the addresses to lo then

>
> There must be a better solution for this.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help
>
> Regards
> Armin
>
>
>
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