Ked,
+ > Is there any specific need of having multiple IP Addresses for a network
+ > interface? And for that matter, does linux support multiple IP addresses
+ > per interface?
+
+ The need part is subjective, but we do "need" to have to multiple
+ IP addresses for a single network interface.
Ok, i know that the need part is subjective. I'll rephrase my que. "Under
what conditions, i may need to assign multiple IP addresses to a network
interface".
+ About linux support. Yep it does. as a starter, try something like this
+ ifconfig eth0:1 <new_ip_address>.
+
Ok, does this support needs to be inbuilt in the kernel? I dont find any
option for that. And get...
Yaksha[/root]$ ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.2.87
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device
I am using 2.2.6.
+ to bind a new address to the ethernet card, you will also have to
+ play around with "route" command to make this extra ip address usable
+ (depending on whether the new address belongs to your subnet or another
+ subnet).
+ For more info read /usr/doc/NET-3-4-HOWTO.
No such doc on my machine. I've "grep -ir 'ed" :) before posting the que.
Sharad.
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