Question

[Chris St. Pierre]

On Sat, 17 Mar 2007, Redouane N. wrote:

> Can we have the same hostname and two difference ip address??? in one Red Hat linux box
>
>
> Exmaple
> Hostname=work
> ip address 1 = 192.168.1.1
> ip address 2 = 212.118.0.1

The easiest way to do this is with a virtual interface.  You can bring
up the second interface something like this:

ifconfig eth0:1 212.118.0.1

You may have to set broadcast, netmask, etc.  You'll also have to set
a route so that the machine knows when to use that IP.

Chris St. Pierre
Unix Systems Administrator
Nebraska Wesleyan University
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