From: Alan Ford <alan@whirlnet.co.uk>
To: lartc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LARTC] ip addr add vs ifconfig eth0:1
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 16:55:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040404165513.GI3133@newred.gradwell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <courier.40703B82.00005909@pro-technica.com>
On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 07:44:50PM +0300, lartc@pro-technica.com wrote:
> I have 1 interface eth0. I need to set about 20 virtual interfaces eth0:xx
> on it.
>
> If I create them with ifconfig eth0:xx I see it with ifconfig and with ip
> addr ls. If I set it with 'ip addr add', ifconfig don't show them, but 'ip
> addr ls' and 'route' show them. So, which is better?
If you create them with:
"ip addr add ... dev eth0 label eth0:xx"
you can still give them ifconfig-compatible labels, visible with
both tools.
--
Alan Ford * alan@whirlnet.co.uk
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-04-04 16:44 [LARTC] ip addr add vs ifconfig eth0:1 lartc
2004-04-04 16:55 ` Alan Ford [this message]
2004-04-05 0:50 ` Martin A. Brown
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