Re: unable to get /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/network/interfaces configured properly in wheezy

[Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org>]

Bob Proulx a écrit :
> 
>   auto eth0
>   allow-hotplug eth0
>   iface eth0 inet static
>       address 192.168.1.42
>       netmask 255.255.255.0
>       gateway 192.168.1.1
>       up   ip addr add 192.168.1.43/24 dev eth0 label eth0:0
>       down ip addr del 192.168.1.43/24 dev eth0 label eth0:0
>       up   ip addr add 192.168.1.44/24 dev eth0 label eth0:1
>       down ip addr del 192.168.1.44/24 dev eth0 label eth0:1

You don't even need to define a label, unless you want to display the
additional addresses with ifconfig (not needed with ip addr ls).

> Personally I find that way simpler and looks nicer.  Then there is
> never a problem with interfaces and virtual interfaces getting out of
> sync with each other.  There is only ever one real interface and the
> rest are simply slaved off of it.  But others don't like it and like
> the implementation of many virtual interfaces.

IP aliases/labels are not virtual interfaces. And all the trouble comes
from treating them as interfaces, which they are not.