Which version of net-tools are you running?
ex: ifconfig -V
Try the following and if you're still having problems, send
a snap shot of "ifconfig -a" and "netstat -rn"
later,
Tuan
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/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 up
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 163.122.6.186 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast \
163.122.6.255
/sbin/ifconfig eth0:0 163.122.6.253 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast \
163.122.6.255
/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
/sbin/route add -host 163.122.6.186 eth0
/sbin/route add -host 163.122.6.253 eth0
/sbin/route add -net 163.122.6.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
/sbin/route add default gw 163.122.6.200 eth0
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On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, VINAY B V wrote:
> Hi there,
> We have been trying to do IP aliasing on one of the machines. I went thro'
> the mini-HOWTO/IP-alaiasing document and found these commands. Here
> 163.122.6.186 is the primary address (that our machine is already having)
> and 163.122.6.253 is the one that I want to add to the machine.
> The set of commands I follow are:-
>
> /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
> /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up
> /sbin/ifconfig eth0 163.122.6.186
> /sbin/ifconfig eth0:0 163.122.6.253
>
> /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0
> /sbin/route add -net 163.122.6.186 dev eth0
> /sbin/route add -host 163.122.6.186 dev eth0
> /sbin/route add -host 163.122.6.253 dev eth0:0
> /sbin/route add default gw 163.122.6.200
>
> at the execution of
> /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0
> /sbin/route add -net 163.122.6.186 dev eth0
> an error occurs
> SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument
> SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument
>
> The output of ifconfig -a after that is :-
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
> RX packets:29 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:1855 dropped:29 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:48:85:1E:47
> inet addr:163.122.6.186 Bcast:163.122.6.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:188599 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:184041 errors:427723 dropped:5805 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300
>
> eth0:0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:48:85:1E:47
> inet addr:163.122.6.253 Bcast:163.122.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300
>
> The problem is like this:-
> No machine is able to identify the machinine afterwards. So we have to
> reboot the machine for the machine to get to its original IP address
> 163.122.6.186. Can you please suggest a better method of doing the IP
> aliasing? Also please tell me if I can reset the error without rebooting.
> Thanks in Advance,
> Bye,
> Vinay
> PS:-can you please cc the reply to me
>
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