On Thu, 2007-06-07 at 15:00 -0500, Zachary Kotlarek wrote: > On Jun 6, 2007, at 6:34 PM, Bryan Kadzban wrote: > > > I suspect the alias option exists in ip for compatibility with > > ifconfig, > > and no other reason. But I don't know that for sure. > > I believe that's correct. In the past the kernel supported aliases > with independent statistics and the like, but that hasn't been true > for years. Modern kernels don't treat aliases interfaces any > different than secondary addresses on the main interface -- both > interface statistics and iptables traversal treat all aliases just > like the main interface, and the alternate label is only maintained > to support legacy configurations and tools.
Okay, I see. Nonetheless would it be possible to still either get the script altered anyway, or to add a note to the networking page of the book stating that it is just a matter of adding a second config file in the interface directory for a second address. A lot of the information on the web that I came across is quite old and referred to either creating a whole new interface directory (eth0:0 - which of course didn't work), or using ifconfig. Thanks, Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
