Hi, Do you want to create a new interface ethX for another NIC card or do you want to create a new interface and do not have another NIC ??The later is not possible afaik.
cheers, nikhil 2009/1/6 Carter Smithhart <[email protected]> > 2009/1/5 shark huang <[email protected]> > >> Hi: >> >> 2009/1/5 Vaughn Clinton <[email protected]> >> >>> I'm sorry - I read the initial email incorrectly. Anyway, bonding would >>> allow you to configure multiple NICs to utilize the same IP address and not >>> the other way around. >>> >>> The other (the best) option is to use a virtual interface, i.e. >>> "ifcfg-eth:x" where "x" is a unique number. You can define the interface >>> just like you would any physical device within the "ifcfg-eth0:0" >>> >> I do not want to use this way because IPROUTE2 Utility Suite is recommend >> to add multi IPs instead of ipconfig( to add virtual interface). Do we have >> another way to initialize multi IPs on same NIC when OS startup except to >> use many ifcfg-eth:0,1...x files (to add virtual interface) under >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts >> dir which is similar with to use ipconfig command to add multi IPs . >> >>> > I've have good experience with: > ip addr add IP_ADDR/NETWORK dev DEVICE > > e.g. > ip addr add 10.0.0.56/24 dev eth0 > > There are lots of other useful things you can do with the ip command. > > I've used bonding as well, but only if you have two (or more) NICs that you > want to load balance or for failover/redundancy reasons. > > Carter > > >> >>> Sorry for my earlier misunderstanding. >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 21:05:51 +0800 >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; >>> [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: How to configure mutil IP address on same NIC？ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Vaughn Clinton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> would bonding be an option? >>> >>> Could you explain it more detail? >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 09:46:02 +0800 >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: How to configure mutil IP address on same NIC？ >>> CC: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> Hi： >>> CC to linux-kernel group！ >>> 2009/1/4 shark huang <[email protected]> >>> >>> Hi： I know both ifconfig or ip addr add command can add mutil IP >>> address on same NIC and Ip addr add is recommanded because interface alias >>> is easy to cause confusion。 >>> May question is how configure the network related files, such as >>> ifcfg-eth0 >>> file to let mutil IPs can be attached on same NIC. I know one way is use the >>> interface alias to configure the ifcfg-eth0:1 file. But it is same as to >>> use ifconfig command to add another IP address on interface with alias. How >>> to configure the network related file to add mutil IP address on same NIC >>> which same as to use IP addr add command? >>> >>> Br >>> Shark >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> Get easy photo sharing with Windows Live™ Photos. Drag n' >>> drop<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/photos.aspx> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> Get news, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Check >>> it out! <http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx> >>> >> >> > -- If you fool me once shame on you. If you fool me twice shame on me. \|||/ (o o) ----ooO-(_)-Ooo---- Nikhil Talpallikar --talli ;)
