[Gllug] adding multiple IP's to one interface?

[Tom Gilbert]

* Steve Nicholson (steve.nicholson at yoursolutions.com) wrote:
> > I do it by adding an ifup entry to the iface line for eth0:
> >
> > 	ifup /usr/local/sbin/eth0up
> >
> > and put the ip line from my previous message (and any other associated
> > tasks) in the eth0up script.
> 
> Done a bit of searching round and looks like the way below is how it is
> done on Debian in
> /etc/network/interfaces
> 
> iface eth0 inet static
>     address x.x.x.x
>     network x.x.x.x
>     netmask x.x.x.x
>     broadcast x.x.x.x
>     gateway x.x.x.x
> 
> iface eth0:0 inet static
>     address x.x.x.x
>     network x.x.x.x
>     netmask x.x.x.x
>     broadcast x.x.x.x
>     gateway x.x.x.x
> 
> this file is read by ifup/ifdown which are called in the init.d scripts
> at start up.

Yep, but be aware that the device:number semantics are now depracated,
and that using the iproute2 toolset is the way to go from now on, see
Bruce's reply.

Tom.
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