Debian 3 --- SIOCSIFADDR: No such device SIOCSIFFLAGS:

I get this error when trying to load a virtual interface

eth0 is ok and comes up at boot 192.168.0.102

I try to add eth0:1 192.168.0.103 and I get this error.

Debian 3, the onboard NIC did not work with debian, so I added a Netgear pci
which I assume is eth0


SIOCSIFADDR: No such device SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device SIOCSIFNETMASK: No
such device SIOCSIFBRDADDR: No such device SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device

This error is normally associated with no or not supported NIC, but the eth0
works!

Thanks in advance
Mike

On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 08:52:58 -0000, Mike Dixon <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I try to add eth0:1 192.168.0.103 and I get this error.
>
> Debian 3, the onboard NIC did not work with debian, so I added a Netgear pci
> which I assume is eth0

Which kernel? Some of the Debian 3.0 boot-floppies installers will set
up a 2.2 kernel. IIRC 2.2 kernels needed to have "IP aliasing" enabled
in the kernel to support the above syntax. It might be compiled as a
module in Debian, I don't recall.


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2.2.20

How do you enable ip aliasing?

Thanks again

MIke
"Bob Hauck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) ...
> On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 08:52:58 -0000, Mike Dixon <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:
>
> > I try to add eth0:1 192.168.0.103 and I get this error.
> >
> > Debian 3, the onboard NIC did not work with debian, so I added a Netgear
pci
> > which I assume is eth0
>
> Which kernel? Some of the Debian 3.0 boot-floppies installers will set
> up a 2.2 kernel. IIRC 2.2 kernels needed to have "IP aliasing" enabled
> in the kernel to support the above syntax. It might be compiled as a
> module in Debian, I don't recall.
>
>
> --
> -| Bob Hauck
> -| To Whom You Are Speaking
> -| http://www.haucks.org/

On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 08:13:18 -0000, Mike Dixon <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> "Bob Hauck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) ...

>> On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 08:52:58 -0000, Mike Dixon <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:

>> > I try to add eth0:1 192.168.0.103 and I get this error.
>>
>> Which kernel?

> 2.2.20
>
> How do you enable ip aliasing?

It is an option when you compile the kernel. It has been quite a while,
years actually, sinced I used a 2.2 kernel in a situation where I'd need
IP aliasing. I think it could be built as a module, and if it is such
in Debain you should be able to load it with a command like:

modprobe ip_alias

You can make this permanent by adding the module to /etc/modules.

If that doesn't work, you may have to either recompile your kernel or
upgrade to a 2.4 kernel. 2.4.18 is in Debian 3.0 and can be installed
via apt-get.

BTW, the tradition in this group is to bottom-post, as I have done here.


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