Nope, each different IP needs a different virtual ethernet interface, so
you'd want to do:

ifconfig eth0:0 204.whatever

Adam Maloney
Systems Administrator
Sihope Communications

On Sun, 12 Nov 2000, Jamie Ostrowski wrote:

> 
> 
> 
>     Just want to make sure I am understanding what I am reading. I am
> going through the Red Hat Documentation on IP aliasing. I am on a class
> C network, and the IP address assigned to my NIC is 204.221.252.105, but
> now I also want it to start answering requests for the IP 204.221.252.106.
> I do have IP aliasing enabled in the kernel. Would I simply type:
> 
>   root# ifconfig eth0 204.221.252.106 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
>  
>    (note I did not identify a virtual ethernet device. I am assuming I
> would not need to since I am not spanning two different networks.)
> 
>    I would try this, but I need to make sure I know what I am doing before
> I request my additional IP and start screwing up the network my machine is
> running on. Thanks.
> 
>       - Jamie
> 
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