[lug] Binding multiple IPs to one NIC

Andrew Diederich andrew at netdelivery.com
Wed Dec 15 15:04:49 MST 1999


On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 03:00:21PM -0700, Chris M wrote:
> Turn on aliasing in the kernel if not already.  Then something like:
> 
> #older kernels
> #/sbin/insmod    /lib/modules/2.0.31/ipv4/ip_alias.o
> #
> # setup the loopback, eth0 and the IP's
> #
> echo "Using ifconfig to setup the IP addresses for Virtual Hosts..."
> /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
> /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up
> /sbin/ifconfig eth0 your.main.IP
> 
> /sbin/ifconfig eth0:154 your.other.IP
> 
> /sbin/route add -host your.gateway.IP dev eth0
> 
> /sbin/route add -host your.other.IP dev eth0:154
> 
> 
> Please kids, enjoy this in moderation.
> 
> Happy holidays!
> Chris
> Peak to Peak Internet

Excellent.  Bonus question: any idea what this looks like in linuxconf?

-Andrew




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