2009/4/2 Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx>: > On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 17:19:34 +1100, > Simon Slater <pyevet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I need to. When I use the computer to connect to the ISP via the same >> eth0 and the ISP assigns me (at the moment) 210.84.25.73. Does this >> mean that I cannot configure the router because the ip's are now on >> different subnets? Then again, if used just as a modem, no real >> configuration is needed? > > It is possible to run multiple logical subnets over the same physical > network. On the linux side the ip command allows you to define several > networks on one interface. The old way of doing this was with the alias > feature, but I don't know if the standard network or network manager > configuration set ups easily support this. I usually just stick the > ip commands in rc.local. That's not a great way to do things, but will > do for now in my circumstances. VLANs... the word you are looking for is 802.1Q To define multiple VLANs on the same network port, create files of the format: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0.XXXX where XXXX is the VLAN. It's all explained here: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-configure-linux-virtual-local-area-network-vlan.html Running ip commands in rc.local is like soo.... 1990s.... (I don't know if the syntax above is respected by NetworkManager but /etc/init.d/network honours it... -- Sam -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
