2.1.74 (.68+?) IP_ALIASing: how? ;)

Tuomas Heino (tbittih@xgw.fi)
Sun, 21 Dec 1997 23:32:41 +0200 (EET)


# ifconfig eth0:0
eth0:0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 02:60:8C:7A:60:64
unspec addr:[NONE SET] Bcast:[NONE SET] Mask:[NONE SET]
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 error:0 dropped:0 over:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 error:0 dropped:0 over:0 carrier:0 coll:0
Interrupt:5 Base address:0x280

# ifconfig eth0:0 10.1.31.254 netmask 255.255.255.255 up
SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not supported by device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: Operation not supported by device

Dec 21 23:25:48 bx1 modprobe: can't locate module eth0:0
Dec 21 23:26:03 bx1 last message repeated 5 times

So how am I supposed to use ip aliasing in the recent kernels? ;)

-_-

# ifconfig -V
Debian GNU/Linux netbase Package (Peter Tobias)
Package: net-tools pre1.34 net-tools@lina.inka.de (Bernd Eckenfels)
Kernelsource: 2.0.29
ifconfig 1.30 (1997-09-29)