Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 12:02:02 -0500 From: mikel king <mikel.king@olivent.com> To: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network interface aliasing? Message-ID: <0B0F630A-4768-4AB1-88A8-7BE35E5F7AD2@olivent.com> In-Reply-To: <4F5785D9.8050903@ose.nl> References: <4F577312.7070500@gmail.com> <4F577D9E.4020705@olivent.com> <4F5785D9.8050903@ose.nl>
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On Mar 7, 2012, at 10:59 AM, Bas Smeelen wrote: > On 03/07/2012 04:24 PM, Mikel King wrote: >> On 3/7/12 9:39 AM, Brent Clark wrote: >>> Hiya >>>=20 >>> I would like to ask. >>>=20 >>> Is it possible to, do network interface aliasing. Im not talking = about ip >>> aliasing. >>>=20 >>> I basically want to bind one process to network interface vr0:0 and >>> another process to vr0:1. >>>=20 >>> Thanks >>> Brent >>=20 >> Brent, >>=20 >> You can rename an interface to just about anything you wish. If the >> process allows for interface binding then you can use that new name. >>=20 >> = http://jafdip.com/index.php/2008/09/08/renaming-ethernet-interfaces-under-= freebsd-7x/ >>=20 >=20 > This gives the interface a different name. > It does not create an alias name for the interface as far as I = understand. >=20 > Kind regards, > Bas >=20 True but the alias option in BSD only allows for assigning another IP = address to an existing interface. Taking a second look at this request = it appears to be more of a subinterface phenomenon and not an alias at = all.=20 As far as I recall FreeBSD does not support this sort of subinterface = naming. But I wonder if there's a way to create pseudo interfaces to = pull something similar off, however wonder what's the point. cheers, m=20
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