Hi Guys, Just wondering for some reason when I switched providers(DSL) IP aliasing stopped working. And, I am not sure what kind of modem this is, the previous one had some Ethernet ports at the back(it has a bult-in 4 port switch) the new doesn't have one, only a single Ethernet port and It is directly connected to my Linux box. My provider gave me a /24 subnet and 9 useable IP's. # ip a s eth2 6: eth2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 link/ether 00:08:a1:72:c1:f5 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet xxx.xxx.xxx.50/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 scope global eth2 inet xxx.xxx.xxx.51/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 scope global secondary eth2 inet xxx.xxx.xxx.52/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 scope global secondary eth2 inet xxx.xxx.xxx.53/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 scope global secondary eth2 inet xxx.xxx.xxx.54/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 scope global secondary eth2 inet xxx.xxx.xxx.55/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 scope global secondary eth2 inet xxx.xxx.xxx.56/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 scope global secondary eth2 inet xxx.xxx.xxx.57/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 scope global secondary eth2 inet xxx.xxx.xxx.58/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 scope global secondary eth2 -- settings -- ip link set eth2 up ip addr flush dev eth2 ip addr add xxx.xxx.xxx.50/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 dev eth2 ip addr add xxx.xxx.xxx.51/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 dev eth2 ip addr add xxx.xxx.xxx.52/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 dev eth2 ip addr add xxx.xxx.xxx.53/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 dev eth2 ip addr add xxx.xxx.xxx.54/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 dev eth2 ip addr add xxx.xxx.xxx.55/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 dev eth2 ip addr add xxx.xxx.xxx.56/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 dev eth2 ip addr add xxx.xxx.xxx.57/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 dev eth2 ip addr add xxx.xxx.xxx.58/24 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.255 dev eth2 ip route add default via xxx.xxx.xxx.1 --- end settings --- /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward is 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr is 1 works: ping google.com -I eth2 works: ping google.com -I xxx.xxx.xxx.50 not working: ping google.com -I xxx.xxx.xxx.58 >From the outside I can ping xxx.xxx.xxx.50 but cannot ping any secondary IP's. I tried tcpdump but didn't receive any replies from the secondary ip's I got replies from the primary IP though. If I remove the secondary IP's and use it on another computer the secondary IP works. It looks like I can only use 1 IP per computer(per mac). What seems to be the problem? Is it the modem? I am not sure about adsl's and their type of settings (bridge/router) and I would like to contact my provider. But I am having troubles on asking them regarding the problem. If there's a technical explanation regarding this or some trick it would help me clarify them or me. There are no filters involved(iptables). On my previous provider aliasing works both are dsl's. _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc