Maarten Boekhold wrote: > > Hi, > > I tried to steup an IP alias on a machine here. According to the > Virtual-Web mini-HOWTO, I can do: > > ifconfig eth0 alias new-address > > However, ifconfig says 'alias' is not a hostname. 'man ifconfig' doesn't > say anything about aliasing. This is with netbase 2.13-1. > > Anybody who can get me goin' on this? > > Maarten >
i had a similar problem today! in addition to Remco and Eloy, check to make sure your kernel has network aliasing and aliasing support configured in. if you configure aliasing support as a module ( ip_alias ), make sure you load that module at boot. m* -- "The Shining One" -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
