Steffen Dettmer wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > However all of the docs I see just now suggest using a bridge. > > There are docs recommending to take the burden of kernel software > briding to add an alias IP?!
But you were asking about VLANS not IP aliases!
Not wanting to distract from the discussion between you and Tom I am
going to refrain from saying more about that here and now.
> > Configuring multiple IP addresses on interfaces like that is new in
> > recent versions of ifupdown.
>
> Wow, this is surprising! I considered it an old basic classic
> standard feature.
Not like that. Not using the same iface sections repeated again.
That is a new feature. Previously that required either aliases or
explicit up/down commands.
Oldstable Squeeze 6 had ifupdown 0.6.10. Stable Wheezy 7 has 0.7.8.
Testing Jessie and Ustable Sid currently have 0.7.44.
The changelog says:
ifupdown (0.7~alpha4) experimental; urgency=low
* Allow multiple interface definitions to ease work with multiple IP per
interface.
So it looks like that feature went into Wheezy 7 and is available
since. I tested this on Wheezy 7 and it works for me there.
> > Whether it works or not depends upon the version of the program.
>
> Amazing.
Why? Isn't that the way of things? Time moves forward and creeping
features do too. Seems very typical and normal to me. :-)
Bob
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