Very Computer

by **dscordi** » Thu, 17 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Wondering if anyone else has noticed this:

I'm running kernel 2.2.14 and the netbase that came with Debian 2.1 (I
think it's 1.3.4). IP-Aliasing seems to work as described in the Howto,
but I've noticed something curious: ifconfig doesn't list the aliased
interface. I have eth0 set to no IP (set dynamically by pppoe), and
eth0:0 set to an internal IP address (192.168.x.x). Route shows that
the 192.168.0.0 net is handled by eth0 (which has no ip), when I think
it should be handled by eth0.0.

Any ideas? I think ifconfig is a part of netbase, should I update
that? And if so...where is it?

Thanks in advance,
Shawn

by **Malwar** » Thu, 17 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Hi Shawn,

> but I've noticed something curious: ifconfig doesn't list the aliased
> interface. I have eth0 set to no IP (set dynamically by pppoe), and

This should be only a problem with out of date versions of the
net-tools. However the net-tools package is no longer the first choice.
While it is simple it can not handle all new features. With aliases even
later releases will shutdown all aliases and the base interface (eth0)
with "ifconfig down eth0:0". The package ip-route is the one to be used
while net-tools should stay installed in order not have to rewrite all
network related init scripts.

Malware

Very Computer

Strange ifconfig/ip-alias behavior

Strange ifconfig/ip-alias behavior

Strange ifconfig/ip-alias behavior