Just for kicks does it work if you use eth0:1 instead of eth0:0? I've seen some strange things to lead me to believe that eth0:0 is somehow similar to eth0 and that the *first* vitual interface should actually be eth0:1. Worth a shot at least.... At 10:54 AM 11/28/00 -0600, you wrote: >I tried this on a Debian system once and I had the same problem. From >what I can tell it doesn't like the virtual interfaces when it runs its >network script. On mine, I just hacked the network script to add > >ifconfig eth0:0 192.168.2.254 netmask 255.255.255.0 >route add -net 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 192.168.2.254 > >when it gets restarted. Then I can ifdown and ifup all I want to. > >-Brian > >> >> I am having some problems with an alias configuration on the primary >> interface of another box I am looking after (I did not build it). I have >> noticed a couple of weird things over the last couple of days and I don't >> know what to make of it. >> >> I noticed Monday morning, after a still unexplained reboot, that the alias >> on the primary interface did not come back up on its own. I think I >> solved this by adding the ONBOOT token to >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:0 >> >> The problem which remains is that when i do `ifup eth0:0' I get: >> >> SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device >> SIOCSIFBRDADDR: No such device >> 160.94.101.75: unknown interface: No such device >> SIOCADDRT: No such device >> usage: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-aliases <net-device> >> usage: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-routes <net-device> >> >> >> Any auggestions? The primary, which is configured similarly, comes up >> without issue...Should i not be using ifup to initialize this interface? >> >> ____________________________ >> Mike Neuharth >> ADCS Technology Specialist >> http://www.umn.edu/adcs >> >> E-Mail : mjn at umn.edu >> Page Mail : 6126486512 at page.metrocall.com >> http://nifty.dsl.visi.com/ >> ____________________________ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> tclug-list mailing list >> tclug-list at lists.real-time.com >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > >_______________________________________________ >tclug-list mailing list >tclug-list at lists.real-time.com >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >