On 6 Nov 2003, Vidol Loeung wrote: > Sorry, this is not an answer to the question. But I ask futher if > someone could show to a good docmentation of the command 'ip'. The man > page is quite hard to read. > > THanks > > On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 19:30, Mike Burger wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Robert L Cochran wrote: > > > > > I was recently issued a second IP address of bbb.bbb.bbb.bbb through my > > > ISP. This is over DSL. I just want to clarify an issue with delivery of > > > data on this IP address. I will get data for this IP through the same > > > phone line and the same DSL modem that I presently have, is this right > > > right? > > > > > > I currently have a Red Hat 9-based firewall computer which successfully > > > routes data between my first IP address (aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa) and the > > > internal home network. It is an old computer that has 2 ethernet cards > > > installed on it. Do I need to change my kernel routing table on that > > > machine to accomodate the new IP, or do I need a 3rd ethernet card in > > > addition to routing table changes and firewall script changes? > > > > > > Thanks for your advice. I do not often do this sort of thing so I'm > > > inexperienced. > > > > You don't actually need any additional hardware. Just use the "ip" > > command to use the additional IP on the same ethernet interface. Actually, it's quite a good answer to the question. The ip command is what you want to use. Unfortunately, however, the man page isn't for the actual ip command. For that info, you'll need to "ip --help" However, to keep this brief: ip addr add xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx dev ethx -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
