Problem with multi-aliases network interfaces

[Samuel Díaz García]

Please help!!!

Samuel Díaz García escribió:
> Distro: FC5
> 
> My network devices:
>    eth1: ipw2200 (intel 2915 abg wifi).
>    eth0: tg3 (broadcom gigabit etherner).
> 
> I'm using static ip's in all ifaces, and wpa_supplicant over eth1.
> 
> The problem is:
> 
>    a) only eth1 and eth0 configured with static ip's don't have problems.
>    b) when add more ips over eth0, as eth0:1, eth0:2, etc... with IPs 
> over diferent IP subnetworks, the "network" init script appear to forgot 
> the type of eth0 ifaces and when "service network restart" or when 
> rebooting computer, my eth0 iface (and eth0:1 and so on) are lost.
> 
> I think that the problem were system-config-network app (that appears to 
> be some problems with aliases and naming/saving new ifaces data), but 
> manually revised and corrected ifcfg-eth0?? files (after adding them 
> with system-config-network) and rebooting, the network script appears to 
> think that eth0 (tg3 driver) is a wireless device and try to assign the 
> wifi info (and I think is a bit confused the initialization of eth0:1 
> with the iface eth1).
> 
> A think anything were broken on last initscripts package update.
> 
> More info:
>    a) eth0:? are marked as dependant on eth0, as they go up when eth0 go 
> up.
>    b) I have configured wpa_supplicant over eth1 and eth1 is working fine.
> 
> Any patch/help to apply over the last "network" init script?
> 
> Thanks
> 

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    Samuel Díaz García
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