Nope, each different IP needs a different virtual ethernet interface, so you'd want to do: ifconfig eth0:0 204.whatever Adam Maloney Systems Administrator Sihope Communications On Sun, 12 Nov 2000, Jamie Ostrowski wrote: > > > > Just want to make sure I am understanding what I am reading. I am > going through the Red Hat Documentation on IP aliasing. I am on a class > C network, and the IP address assigned to my NIC is 204.221.252.105, but > now I also want it to start answering requests for the IP 204.221.252.106. > I do have IP aliasing enabled in the kernel. Would I simply type: > > root# ifconfig eth0 204.221.252.106 netmask 255.255.255.0 up > > (note I did not identify a virtual ethernet device. I am assuming I > would not need to since I am not spanning two different networks.) > > I would try this, but I need to make sure I know what I am doing before > I request my additional IP and start screwing up the network my machine is > running on. Thanks. > > - Jamie > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > >