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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!news.enterprise.net!starship From: apc@enterprise.net (Adrian Cooper) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: ifconfig aliases Date: Thu, 31 Aug 95 23:33:50 GMT Organization: Enterprise PLC Lines: 24 Message-ID: <425l4e$cd5@news.enterprise.net> References: <424lpg$ogv@hops.entertain.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: starship.enterprise.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article <424lpg$ogv@hops.entertain.com>, dwatson@abwam.com (Darryl Watson) wrote: >Does anyone know if we can ifconfig an interface with more than one >alias? I tried to do it, and am getting 'dupicate IP' errors. > >:( > >Thanks for the info. You certainly can have multiple aliases - we have at least a dozen set up at the moment with no problems whatsoever. The preferred way of doing this is to attach the aliases to the loopback interface and arrange for routing within your system to point the aliases from the ether at the loopback interface. This means that your ethernet is not swamped by lots of arping for aliases on the local ether which could be a serious problem. Hope this assists you. ___________________________________ Adrian Cooper | apc@enterprise.net Enterprise PLC | http://www.enterprise.net Leading Internet Services in the British Isles.