Re: again problem with alias / virtual interface

[Michael Sconzo <msconzo@net.tamu.edu>]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 05:34:29PM +0200, Marco Colombo wrote:

> But the whole idea of 'virtual interfaces' is obsolete. The linux kernel
> (and thus iptables) knows only of physical interfaces and ip addresses.
> You can set a label for each ip address, but that's only a trick to make
> the old ifconfig work. Labels are, well, just labels, the kernel doesn't
> need them at all. If you're using 'ip' to configure ip addresses, you
> can forget about labels (but ifconfig won't work).
> 

What is the proper way to do it, tried poking around on google, maybe
I'm just looking for the wrong thing.  Or is it even a proper way to do
it?  I have a box that is using kernel bridging so I have an IP on the 
bridged interface, but would like to have it accessable via another IP 
as well.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
-=Mike


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