[Q] how to set virtual IP on AS 4

[m.roth2006 at rcn.com]

>Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:25:29 -0800
>From: Ray Van Dolson <rvandolson at esri.com>  
>
>On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 12:23:32PM -0500, m.roth2006 at rcn.com wrote:
>> >Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:14:23 -0800
>> >From: Ray Van Dolson <rvandolson at esri.com>  
>> >
>> >On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 12:09:36PM -0500, nilesh vaghela wrote:
>> >> On 2/14/07, mcclnx mcc <mcclnx at yahoo.com.tw> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >Does anyone know how to add virtual IP to Redhat AS 4?
>> >> I do not think it is very special.
>> >> 
>> >> ifconfig eth0:1 ipaddr
>> >
>> I installed Webmin, and went through that. One thing you need to be aware
>> of, if you're not already: DON'T try eth0:0 <g>
>
>eth0:0 should typically work just fine.  Does Webmin do fun things with it
>like eat up your eth0 settings instead? :)
>
Nope - it simply won't allow it. I mentioned it to the other sysadmin I work with, and he said eth0:0 was a bad idea, that it would likely got for eth0 itself.

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