Re: IP Aliasing

That was the answer I was looking for.... I did not have linuxconf  loaded
on this server so I used the second part of this email and now i'm up and
running...


Thanks for the help!!!!!

Russ


----- Original Message -----
From: "Antonio Galea" <[email protected]>
To: "Enigma List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: IP Aliasing


> On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Antonio Galea wrote:
>
> > In /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ you need the 2 files ifcfg-eth0 and
> > ifcfg-eth0:0. In the first you define the primary address for the
interface,
> > and the boot options, like this:
> >
> > #ifcfg-eth0
> > DEVICE=eth0
> > BOOTPROTO=static
> > IPADDR=192.168.1.1
> > NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> > ONBOOT=yes
> >
> > In the second you just place the IP range, like this:
> >
> > #ifcfg-eth0:0
> > IPADDR="192.168.1.1-20"
> > NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
> >
> > Then 'service network restart' to reload the config files, and
'ifconfig' to
> > see the effect.
> >
>
> Sorry, this stuff only works with linuxconf installed. If you wish to use
the
> generic range style, look at the comments at the beginning of the file
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-aliases:
>
> ----------------------------
excerpt ----------------------------------------
> #   range specification files:
> #
> # One can specify ranges of alised ipaddress using ifcfg-$DEV-range*
files.
> # Specify multiple ranges using multiple files, such as ifcfg-eth0-range0
and
> # ifcfg-eth0-range1, etc. In these files, the following configuration
variables
> # specify the range:
> #
> #    IPADDR_START    -- ipaddr to start range at. eg "192.168.30.1"
> #    IPADDR_END      -- ipaddr to end range at. eg "192.168.30.254"
> #    CLONENUM_START  -- interface clone number to start using for this
range.
> #                       eg "0"
> # The above example values create the interfaces eth0:0 through eth0:253
using
> # ipaddrs 192.168.30.1 through 192.168.30.254, inclusive.
> #
> # Other configuration variables such as NETMASK and BROADCAST may be
specified
> # in the range file and will apply to all of the ipaddresses in the range.
> # Range files also inherit configuration from the ifcfg-$DEV file just
like
> # normal.
> #
> # Note that IPADDR_START and IPADR_END are required to be in the same
class-c
> # block. I.e. IPADDR_START=192.168.30.1 and IPADDR_END=192.168.31.255 is
> # not valid.
> ----------------------------
excerpt ----------------------------------------
>
> Ant9000
>
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