Re: ":" and "." in interface name.

[Martin Kraus <lists_mk@wujiman.net>]

On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 02:51:39PM +0300, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
> Hi all
> this is a sample of one interfaces file I found.
> 
> [...]
> auto eth0:17
> iface eth0:17 inet static
>   [...]
> auto eth0:18
> iface eth0:18 inet static
>   [...]
> auto eth1.2
> iface eth1.2 inet static
>   [...]
> auto eth1.3
> iface eth1.3 inet static
>   [...]
> auto eth1.4
> iface eth1.4 inet static
>   [...]
> 
> I usually use ":" to make aliases. Has "." a special meaning?

vlans.
mk