Re: [K12OSN] eth alias help

["Caleb Wagnon" <cwagnon redbugmail k12 ar us>]

Steve Wright said:
> Yes, you can, but it is the old way to do it.
>
> Simply add both addresses to the interface.  The interface will
> establish itself as usual, and then add the secondary IP address
> directly, thusly ;
>
>
> # ip address add 192.168.n.254/24 dev eth0
>
> and it is done!  You may add as many scopes (subnets) as you like to one
> interface, and then offer a range of different services on each
> interface - just like they were separate physical networks.  The
> networks will be invisible to each other (sort of.)

Huh? That's not the old way I know =)

What do I do to my startup scripts? Or do I just type that command and all is
well forever and ever? =)

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