Thanks, Jesse I will get an opportunity to try this out at a later stage. I'm sure it will work, on provision that the command works on a 'default' installation with network support. I'm just amazed that even the "100% comprehensive" Red Hat Linux 8 Bible does not appear to make any mention of the netconfig command. Neither do any of my other RH books. There is not even a man page for it on my RH8 system. Hmmm .... Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Keating" <hosting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 4:46 PM Subject: Re: IP aliasing > On Tuesday 01 July 2003 07:31, Jason Dale wrote: > > Does anyone know how to add an alias to a > > network interface? for example, get 'eth0' to > > respond to more than 1 IP address? do > > I need to compile this option into the > > kernel? > > netconfig -d eth0:1 > > > I assume the system would reflect this as > > eth0:1, eth0:2 etc for as many aliases that > > you have on the same physical card. > > correct. > > > If I reboot the machine, will the system keep these aliases? > > If configured and a file is made in > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:1 Using netconfig -d eth0:1 will > create this file. (you'll have to ifup eth0:1 once you've configured it). > Note, you shouldn't add another gateway and/or DNS server when configuring > the other addresses. Leave those two feilds blank. > > > Lastly, in a machine with multiple network cards, how does the system > > handle the 'ordering' of the network card names, such as 'eth0' 'eth1' etc? > > does it select this name according to which PCI slot you use, or according > > to whichever card was added first, > > irrespective of the PCI slot? > > Adjust the aliasing in /etc/modules.conf. > > -- > Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE > http://geek.j2solutions.net > Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) > > Was I helpful? Let others know: > http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
