[techtalk] Multiple IPs on one NIC

[Morgan Christiansson]

lilith at paxumbrae.com wrote:
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> First, I would like to thank everyone who answered my earlier question. You were most helpful :)
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> Second, under Slackware 4, I was able to use ifconfig to configure multiple IP addresses for one NIC. eth0:1, eth0:2, etc. However, I have upgraded to Slackware 7 and can no longer accomplish this. ifconfig will not allow me to specify eth0:1, eth0:2, etc. Is there a way around this?

Just use a kernel configured with IP aliasing.

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> Thank you!
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