Setting default address for box with multiple IP addresses

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Di, den 20.07.2004 schrieb Bryan White um 17:03:

> I have a box that I recently upgraded from RHL 7.3 to Fedora Core 1. 
> This box has 3 ip addresses setup via: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
>      ifcfg-eth0
>      ifcfg-eth0:0
>      ifcfg-eth0:1
> 
> Before the upgrade outbound connections from the box, where the program 
> did not specify the source IP address, would come from the IP address in 
> the first file (ifcfg-eth0).  After the upgrade they seem to come from 
> the one inthe last file.  This seems counter intuitive and I am 
> wondering if there is a way to specify this explicilty.

> Bryan White.

The kernel uses the lowest IP it can use.

Without knowing details of your setup a more specific answer is hard to
give.

Alexander


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