Re: Interface Aliases...

[KoReE <koree@ameth.org>]

Bah, screw it.  If you ever can't get anything to work, quit trying and
drink Bourbon.  I'm going to finda  bottle of Maker's Mark...

Koree

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koree@koree.net | koree@ameth.org
     http://www.koree.net/

I was walkin' down the street,
when I thought I heard this voice say,
"Say, ain't we walkin' down the same street,
together on the very same day",
And I said,
"Hey senorita, that's astute", I said,
"Why don't we get together and call ourselves an institute"


On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, KoReE wrote:

> Hmm.  We must be using different versions of ifconfig.  There is no
> mention of that in the man page, and this is what I get when I try that:
>
> ether:/etc # ifconfig eth0:1 plumb
> plumb: Unknown host
> Usage:
>   ifconfig [-a] [-i] [-v] <interface> [[<AF>] <address>]
>   [add <address>[/<prefixlen>]]
>   [del <address>[/<prefixlen>]] etc, etc, etc...
>
>
> Koree
> ____________________________________
> Koree A. Smith  | Ameth Technologies
> koree@koree.net | koree@ameth.org
>      http://www.koree.net/
>
> I was walkin' down the street,
> when I thought I heard this voice say,
> "Say, ain't we walkin' down the same street,
> together on the very same day",
> And I said,
> "Hey senorita, that's astute", I said,
> "Why don't we get together and call ourselves an institute"
>
>
> On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 fiaid@quasi-sane.com wrote:
>
> > from the ifconfig man page.
> >
> >
> >     plumb Open the device associated with the physi
> >            name  and set up the streams needed for
> >            device. When used with a logical interfac
> >            command  is  used  to  create a specific
> >            interface. An interface must be separatel
> >            use  by  IPv4  and  IPv6. The address_fam
> >            controls whether the ifconfig command app
> >            or IPv6.
> >
> >             Before an interface has been plumbed, ,
> >            will not show up in the output of the ifc
> >            mand.
> >
> > > plumb?
> > >
> > > Koree
> > >
> > > ____________________________________
> > > Koree A. Smith  | Ameth Technologies
> > > koree@koree.net | koree@ameth.org
> > >      http://www.koree.net/
> > >
> > > I was walkin' down the street,
> > > when I thought I heard this voice say,
> > > "Say, ain't we walkin' down the same street,
> > > together on the very same day",
> > > And I said,
> > > "Hey senorita, that's astute", I said,
> > > "Why don't we get together and call ourselves an institute"
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 fiaid@quasi-sane.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > ifconfig eth0:1 plumb
> > > >
> > > > do that.
> > > >
> > > > tighe
> > > >
> > > > > Okay, so I used to be able to do aliased Ethernet interfaces.  But, it
> > > > > appears I'm not able to do so now.  Here's sample output:
> > > > >
> > > > > ether:~ # ifconfig eth0:1 up
> > > > > SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device
> > > > > ether:~ # ifconfig eth0:1
> > > > > eth0:1    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:20:18:2C:F6:24
> > > > >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> > > > >           Interrupt:12 Base address:0x6800
> > > > >
> > > > > ether:~ # ifconfig eth0:1 up
> > > > > SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > It used to be as simple as "ifconfig eth0:1 ip_address", but alas, it is
> > > > > not working.  I have this working on another machine, running the same
> > > > > version of everything (both are SuSE 6.4).  Any ideas WTF I'm doing wrong?
> > > > >
> > > > > Koree
> > > > >
> > > > > ____________________________________
> > > > > Koree A. Smith  | Ameth Technologies
> > > > > koree@koree.net | koree@ameth.org
> > > > >      http://www.koree.net/
> > > > >
> > > > > I was walkin' down the street,
> > > > > when I thought I heard this voice say,
> > > > > "Say, ain't we walkin' down the same street,
> > > > > together on the very same day",
> > > > > And I said,
> > > > > "Hey senorita, that's astute", I said,
> > > > > "Why don't we get together and call ourselves an institute"
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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