Ok thanks, I've already set it up that way. So it appears that I don't really have to do anything else. Cheers, Wolf -----Original Message----- From: Warren Togami [mailto:warren@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, 3 June 2003 5:05 PM To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: MultiHomed or Alias IP's > > >On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 19:46, Wolfgang Gill wrote: >> The System comprises of a Tyan Tiger MPX MB, Dual Athlon MP CPU's, 1GB >> Registered Ram and a DUAL Channel Intel Pro Nic card. >> >> I have configured a static IP address for each of the network card(s) >> (192.168.0.10 and 192.168.0.11, eth0 and eth1, these are test IP's. >> The proper ones will be configured when I get this all working right) >> >> Both network connections are connected to an 8 Port switch.(And can be >> pinged OK) >> >> What I would basically like to do is this. >> >> I'm setting up a multi-server UT2K3 servers. (More than 1 server >> instance of UT2K3 at the same time, basically around 3-4 depending on >> game type, Death match, CTF etc). I would like to tell UT2K3 to use a >> specific IP address and/or both. So as to balance the network traffic. >> >> In the UT2K3 setup doc's, they talk about making the OS 'Multi-homed', >> or setup 'Alias IP's'. (What ever that means??) So, if someone could >> explain that to me, it would be great! >> >> This server will be connected to a LARGE LAN (250+ People), where >> people will connect to play UT2K3. > >You would probably be okay with IP aliases. redhat-config-network (a.k.a. neat) has an easy way >to add IP aliases to your device. Simply click "New" -> "Ethernet" -> Select the ethernet device >-> setup IP. >When you restart networking it should show up as eth0:X where X is a number incrementing from >zero. Each can have a unique IP address on the same physical interface. > >After you created one or more IP aliases, look at these files: >/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0* > >You can simply make additional copies with appropriate filenames and config changes to configure >IP aliases manually. > >Warren Togami >warren@xxxxxxxxxx ###################################################################### Attention: This e-mail message is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. This e-mail has been scanned and cleared by MailMarshal www.marshalsoftware.com ######################################################################
