So in linux terminology "virtual interfaces" is synonymous with multiple IP addresses assigned to a single network interface? Too bad. I was hoping it meant something else, like the ability to instantiate multiple logical devices in the kernel (multiple instances of struct net_device) to be associated with a single ethernet, something like what happens with tunnels only with no additional encapsulation. Thanks for the response, Jeff Haran Brocade Communications Systems > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephan Wehner [mailto:stephanwehner@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:49 AM > To: Jeff Haran > Cc: Kenneth Peirce; linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Virtual interfaces and STP > > > Here's what I use > > [stephan]# more /etc/rc5.d/S11LocalDNS > #!/bin/sh > > echo "Setting up 192.168.2.15" > /sbin/ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.2.15 netmask 255.255.255.0 > > echo "Setting up 192.168.2.16" > /sbin/ifconfig eth0:0 192.168.2.16 netmask 255.255.255.0 > > Then we'll have another two IP address for this network card, eth0 > > This sets up a local dns cache server is set up to listen on > 192.168.2.15 (the server is configured separately to listen on this > address), and a (authoritative) dns server on 192.168.2.16 > > Runs at boot time, for runlevel 5. > > Stephan > > > On 9/14/06, Jeff Haran <jharan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: linux-net-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > [mailto:linux-net-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > Kenneth Peirce > > > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 10:59 AM > > > To: linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Virtual interfaces and STP > > > > > > > > > When you declare multiple virtual interfaces on a given > > > network card, do > > > BPDUs get delivered to each virtual interface? > > > Ken > > > > Not an answer to your question, but could someone point me to > > documentation describing how one goes about declaring > multiple virtual > > interfaces on a given network card? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jeff Haran > > Brocade Communications Systems > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-net" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
