ifcfg-eth0:1 ifcfg-eth1.11

Does it matter wether you use a dot or a colon for an alias (virtual
addr)?
e.g.; "ifcfg-eth0:1" or "ifcfg-eth1.11"

Thanks!

On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 22:25:33 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> Does it matter wether you use a dot or a colon for an alias (virtual
> addr)?
> e.g.; "ifcfg-eth0:1" or "ifcfg-eth1.11"

I believe that the colon defines additional IPs on the same interface
while dots define VLAN identities. But that may be Redhat (Enterprise &
Fedora) specific and I don't know what happens with a dot if you've not
VLANs enabled in /etc/sysconfig/network.

I know that I'll use eth0.7, eth0.7:0, eth0.7:1 etc to define IP addresses
on the eth0 interface tagged for VLAN 7.

- Andrew