I'm on Slackware 2.2.1 which I does not have linuxconf. If it does and
I've missed out, where will I find it?
If it does'nt is there any similar utility for slackware?
Bye,
Vinay
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Jim Gleason wrote:
> 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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> I personally use linuxconf and let the software do the walking..
> --
> Jim Gleason
> Site2Site Networking
>
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