Re: virtual NICs

[Bernd Eckenfels]

In article <7fce76bf0511161442q5eef217dhe14f6ff1625437a2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote:
> iirc, virtual interfaces are necessary in order to configure multiple
> IP addresses using "ifconfig"

"ifconfig add" works only with v6, yes. (However this feature is easy to add
http://net-tools.berlios.de)

Note: there are some differences between alias interfaces and additional
interface addresses, because there is a primary address.

Gruss
Bernd
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