I can't believe I'm not finding this.... I thought someone had
mentioned how to do it.
I thought I did it, but it didn't work.
All I want to do is add a new IP address to an existing interface, and
then use the knowledge of how to do it to incorporate it easily into
/etc/network.conf and /etc/init.d/network so that aliases can be used on
bootup.
Using ifconfig, it was another interface, and all was set up
automatically.
Now it would appear that using ip requires special commands for
everything; it doesn't appear that this new IP address is considered a
whole new interface. For example, using ifconfig... (feel free to
shatter my misconceptions!), I could:
<bring up eth0 alias 0>
# ifconfig eth0:0 up
<bring down eth0 alias 0>
# ifconfig eth0:0 down
<create eth0:0>
# ifconfig eth0:0 172.16.3.59 up
It's as if eth0:0 always existed, and all you have to do is use it.
Anything that can handle networking - anything that knows what to do
with eth0 knows what to do with eth0:0. Simple.
Now with ip, I have to write special code to handle aliases - right?
What a pain...
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