Re: Configure Virtual IP interfaces
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:40:24 +0000, Pietro Paolini wrote:
> Hi all,
Hi :-)
(people, avoid sending html formatted posts, they are really annoying to
deal with...)
> My goal is to simulate more than one IP interface using just a physical
> interface, for do that I tried using this alias
>
> Ifconfing ethX:1 <IP>
More information about virtual interfaces can be found here:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html#_the_virtual_interface
http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfiguration#Multiple_IP_addresses_on_One_Interface
> But when I try to send a packet over that interface I see the IP source
> the same as the original, and real, Ethernet interface.
That sounds logic because there is only "one" real interface handling the
traffic.
> Then I tried to use TAP interface but I was unable to "link" them with
> my physical one, I notice them can communicate each others but can not
> ping (ping -I tap0 <ip real IF>) the original one. It is still valid
> if I create a bridge with all them.
>
> I would like avoid to install many Virtual Box as I need but what I want
> is exactly what it do: build a new virtual interface and bridge it with
> a real one in order to have more IP interface attached at one physical.
>
> Any suggestion ?
Mmm... I'm not sure to have properly understood your main goal here. Can
you please detail what's what you want to get?
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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