In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, William R. Ward wrote: >> Perhaps there was some extra step that I had done under Red Hat to >> make this syntax possible, but I can't remember what it is. Whatever >> it is, it should work the same no matter which Linux distribution I >> use, shouldn't it?
> Debian's default kernel does not have IP aliasing compiled in, you should > recompile your kernel. [A good idea on any linux system!] I had recompiled it a few times, but didn't notice that setting before. I now am getting a slightly different error. SIOCSIFADDR: Invalid argument ppp0:0: unknown interface. And in /var/log/messages, it says this: Nov 7 15:41:01 komodo kernel: net_alias_dev_create(ppp0:0): unregistered family==2 Any ideas? --Bill. -- William R Ward Bay View Consulting http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1803 Mission St. #339 voicemail +1 831/479-4072 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA pager +1 831/458-8862 PGP Key 0x2BD331E5; Public key at http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/pubkey.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Paradise is exactly like where you are right now, only much, much better." --Laurie Anderson ("Language Is a Virus" / Home of the Brave)
