basically, I stay away from aliases now. I'd stick to iproute2 commands and put all the IPs into the eth0 devices and not aliases.. so then it becomes.. ip addr add 204.48.178.3/25 broadcast 204.48.178.127 dev eth0 ip addr add 204.48.178.4/25 broadcast 204.48.178.127 dev eth0 ip addr add 204.48.178.5/25 broadcast 204.48.178.127 dev eth0 ifconfig won't see the IPs added so you use iproute2 command to see them. ip addr show Thanks, ____________________________________________ George Vieira Systems Manager georgev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Citadel Computer Systems Pty Ltd http://www.citadelcomputer.com.au
