On Fri, Feb 12, 1988 at 11:23:35AM -0500, Jody Grafals wrote: > I'm running debian woody with kernel 2.4.25 that I downloaded from > kernel.org and built with make-dpkg and I just noticed that I have > compatibility problems with ifconfig in woody, specifically I can not > add virtual interfaces. After googling around I get the impression that > ifconfig needs to match the running kernel version to some extent. Can > someone tell me what parts of woody I would need to update to use kernel > 2.4.25? I would rather work with this kernel and not have to downgrade, > reconfigure, recompile and reboot because the system is a dedicated > remote server that I did a remote install of debian, and I'm very happy > it rebooted in debian and now I don't want to take any chances with > another kernel and have it not boot. I did do a search for backports for > ifconfig but I came up with nothing. Any suggestions would be greatly > appreciated.
There's something about ifconfig being deprecated. Use iproute2 (package iproute). The command is 'ip addr add x.x.x.x/x dev eth0' if I understand your question (which I don't think I do). I've had no problems with multiple ip addresses on one interface under 2.4.25 and Woody. Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]