Please do not crosspost into newbie and into here. We have enough to read without having to read the message in two places. Thanks! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of jean-philippe > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 8:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] IP alias trouble > > > Hi! > > I have a range of IP adresses on the internet going from a.b.c.64 to > a.b.c.95. > I have two machines in my DMZ (a.b.c.66 and 68). > All this works without a problem. > > The trouble comes when I try to add an IP alias : > Here is the command I use to create it : > /sbin/ifconfig eth0:1 a.b.c.90 netmask 255.255.255.224 broadcast > a.b.c.95 > > If I add it to a.b.c.66, everything works fine. I can access my new > address (a.b.c.90) from anywhere. > But if I take out the alias from this card and make the same alias on > the other machine, then I can only access it from the local network (eg > from the DMZ)!! If I try to connect (www, ftp, pop3, ping, anything!) to > a.b.c.90 from anywhere on the internet, it doesn't work! (The server > does not respond). > > I checked that it was not a firewalling problem, but all the rules are > set to "ACCEPT". I alsop though that it could be a routing problem (but > then I don't understand why it would have worked when the alias was on > the other machine), or maybe a "promiscuous mode" trouble or something, > but I wasn't able to solve anything. > > Can somebody help me? > > Thanx. > Flupke > -- > << There's no place like ~! >> > >
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