Hi all, I currently have my 6+ year old server (web, e-mail, firewall, local lan) running with 2 NICs, one coming from the DSL router (on the 192.168.2.x lan) and the other connected to the local lan (192.168.1.x). (all local users get their mail, web surfing and firewall services from my box) I only use static IP addresses. This server is a big, old and noisy box and I want to use a small, quiet mini-itx box in its place. The new mini-itx box that I just bought has only 1 NIC port. The example for setting up multiple IP addresses from the network configuration page looks like this:
auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.42 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 gateway 192.168.1.1 auto eth0:0 iface eth0:0 inet static address 192.168.1.41 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 auto eth0:1 iface eth0:1 inet static address 192.168.1.44 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 This is the way my current 2 NICs are configured (yes, the config is from RH, but the concepts are the same): #eth0 connects to the router DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=192.168.2.2 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 GATEWAY=192.168.2.1 ONBOOT=yes #eth1 connects to the local lan DEVICE=eth1 BOOTPROTO=static BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 IPADDR=192.168.1.1 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.1.0 ONBOOT=yes My questions: 1. Are all 3 of the interfaces shown usable, or does the first "auto eth0" define the NIC for the others? 2. Can I put an address like 192.168.2.2 for one "iface" (like eth:0) and 192.168.1.1 for another (eth0:1) or will this not work, and I will need a mini-itx with 2 NICs? thanks, Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201009271054.40011.m...@neidorff.com