Thanks a lot to all of the replies, they sure helped :D I totally forgot about alias..hehehe...thanks guys :D MAteus On 8/28/07, Jason Hamilton <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mateus, > > This is pretty simple. You can generally just use ifconfig to create an alias; > such as: > ifconfig eth0:1 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up > ifconfig eth0:2 etc etc etc > > Also, in Redhat distros you can make a "range" file with a range of IP's to map > to the box. The range file needs to be named "ifcfg-eth0-range#". > > The contents describe the IP range to be mapped which also survives a reboot, or > restart with /etc/init.d/network > > Here's a sample of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0-range0: > > > IPADDR_START=10.0.0.1 > IPADDR_END=10.0.0.254 > CLONENUM_START=1 > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > BROADCAST=10.0.0.255 > > > This maps .1 -> 254 to this box starting with eth0:1 > > For multiple ranges create a different range# file. > Obviously for other NIC's alter eth0 appropriately. > Other distros probably have similar options. > > Regards, > Jason H. > TouchSupport, LLC > > Mateus Interciso wrote: > > Hello, > > Is there a way to create thousands of internal ips (like 10.0.0.1) on > > just one linux box, with 2 NICs? > > I need this for a final paper for university, it would be about routing > > and load balancing, and since I don't have thousands of computers, I > > would need another way, is there any? > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > Mateus > > > > - > > 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 > > > -- -==Zarnick==- - 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
