Several IPs for one Host / Box / PC

Hello,

I'm running debian/testing under kernel 2.6.5 and I would like to
setup my box so that it has two ip addresses.

I have one ethernet card installed. The ip of the box is 192.168.1.4.
The module I'm loading eth0 on is b44.

I added another ip to the hosts file. Now I guess I have to create
another alias for the module b44 - which I would name eth1 - and load
this with ifconfig?

Can somebody briefly explain the steps I have to walk through?


Fritz Bayer

Fritz Bayer <fritz-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I have one ethernet card installed. The ip of the box is 192.168.1.4.
> The module I'm loading eth0 on is b44.
> I added another ip to the hosts file. Now I guess I have to create

You can have "aliases" on the same Network Card. Each alias
is eth0:X where 'X' is a number from 1 to 255.
Just use ifconfig eth0:1 your.second.ip.address

And that's it.

Davide

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Davide Bianchi <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Fritz Bayer <fritz-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > I have one ethernet card installed. The ip of the box is 192.168.1.4.
> > The module I'm loading eth0 on is b44.
> > I added another ip to the hosts file. Now I guess I have to create
>
> You can have "aliases" on the same Network Card. Each alias
> is eth0:X where 'X' is a number from 1 to 255.
> Just use ifconfig eth0:1 your.second.ip.address
>
> And that's it.
>
> Davide

Thanks Davide! This is what i was looking for!

On 6 Jul 2004, Davide Bianchi <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Fritz Bayer <fritz-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> I have one ethernet card installed. The ip of the box is 192.168.1.4.
>> The module I'm loading eth0 on is b44.
>> I added another ip to the hosts file. Now I guess I have to create
>
> You can have "aliases" on the same Network Card. Each alias
> is eth0:X where 'X' is a number from 1 to 255.
> Just use ifconfig eth0:1 your.second.ip.address

Actually 'X' starts at zero, but it does not matter if you skip numbers.

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