Re: ipconfig eth0:1 down doesnt do what i think it would

1999-08-30 Thread Mirek Kwasniak
On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 09:56:56PM +1000, meridian wrote: > > Hi, > i have added eth0:1 with the ip of my static ip assigned by my isp, which > is only supposed to be up on the local network when my connection to my > isp goes down. however when my connection comes back up i get ip-up to run > >

Re: ipconfig eth0:1 down doesnt do what i think it would

1999-08-25 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Looks like it's a bug. You can use the method suggested in this article which was posted to comp.os.linux.networking: Deja.com: Re: ?:Kernel V2.2.-IP Alias-eth0:0 Is Invisible To 'ifconfig"? Just do: ifconfig eth0:1 0.0.0.0 Hopefully this won't cause and adverse behavior. OTOH perhaps the "ri

Re: ipconfig eth0:1 down doesnt do what i think it would

1999-08-25 Thread meridian
well basically the eth0 ip is 10.0.0.1. the static ip is normally on ppp0 when connected to the isp. however i want the static ip available to the local network even when the connection to the isp and hence ppp0 goes down. this is already working find with ip-down or rc.local starting up eth0:1 wi

Re: ipconfig eth0:1 down doesnt do what i think it would

1999-08-24 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
It sounds like the real solution is to not add your static IP to eth0. Does it really need to be? What network is on eth0? What's the regular IP on eth0? What IP are you trying to add? I'm guessing there's a better way to accomplish whatever it is you're trying to accomplish by settings this sta

ipconfig eth0:1 down doesnt do what i think it would

1999-08-24 Thread meridian
Hi, i have added eth0:1 with the ip of my static ip assigned by my isp, which is only supposed to be up on the local network when my connection to my isp goes down. however when my connection comes back up i get ip-up to run ifconfig eth0:1 down to remove it except this also removes eth0 which i