Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161052AbVKQBFg (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:05:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161053AbVKQBFg (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:05:36 -0500 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:1728 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161052AbVKQBFf (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:05:35 -0500 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: virtual NICs Organization: Private Site running Debian GNU/Linux In-Reply-To: <7fce76bf0511161442q5eef217dhe14f6ff1625437a2@mail.gmail.com> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.7.8-20050315 ("Scalpay") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.13.4 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:05:31 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 683 Lines: 17 In article <7fce76bf0511161442q5eef217dhe14f6ff1625437a2@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > iirc, virtual interfaces are necessary in order to configure multiple > IP addresses using "ifconfig" "ifconfig add" works only with v6, yes. (However this feature is easy to add http://net-tools.berlios.de) Note: there are some differences between alias interfaces and additional interface addresses, because there is a primary address. Gruss Bernd - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/