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From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
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Subject: Re: two ip's for one ne0 interface
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Vincent Poy wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Nadav Eiron wrote:
> 
> > > > >         What do I need to do in /etc/sysconfig to make the ne0 also known
> > > > > as 206.171.98.1 as well as the current ip of 206.171.98.29 for the
> > > > > ifconfig line?  Thanks.
> > > >
   [snip]
> >
> > If they are on the same subnet, all that is required is the command:
> > ifconfig inet ne0 206.171.98.29 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias
> >
> > Note the netmask of all 1s. Put this command someplace in netstart, or
> > modify it to look for the required info in sysconfig.
> 
>         Hmmm, if /etc/sysconfig defines ne0 already with 206.171.98.29,
> where in netstart do I put the line so it'll be known as 206.171.98.1 as
> well?  and shouldn't the line be:
> 
> ifconfig inet ne0 206.171.98.1 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias

Yeah. And you can have as many more as you like... (almost... I think at
around 50 aliases named starts getting confused).

> 
> Vince
> GaiaNet Corporation - Unix Networking Operations - Beverly Hills, CA
Nadav