> What are the benefits of using ip to assign another IP address to an > existing interface instead of using ifconfig? Using the ip tool more closely resembles what is actually going on at the kernel level. ifconfig has been hacked to allow the old syntax to work, but it adds ip addresses to an interface, supplying the address with an address identifier. However, it still is just another address on the interface. ifconfig will get confused if you add more addresses to a single interface without adding the 'pseudo-interface' address identifiers. Doei, Arthur. (If this was too cryptic: I'm tired and drinking beer... :)) -- /\ / | arthurvl@xxxxxxxxxx | Work like you don't need the money /__\ / | A friend is someone with whom | Love like you have never been hurt / \/__ | you can dare to be yourself | Dance like there's nobody watching
