[WBEL-users] Adding 2nd address to interface
Sudev Barar
sudev@mantraonline.com
Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:02:55 +0530
On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 11:54, Kirby C. Bohling wrote:
> Going thru it the interface a second time, I realized that you
> can use "Add" from the first screen, and it's easier then doing the
> copy. Click on "Add" -> "Ethernet" -> "the card you want a second
> IP on", put in the static IP you want per normal -> Click Apply. It
> will create an ethernet device named "eth0:1", which is an alias
> that you can treat like an independent ethernet device. That's
> easier then the copy explaintion I gave earlier. For the sake of
> anyone searching for the answer in the future, that's much easier.
>
> However, your message isn't terribly useful. He'd obviously
> tried using the GUI. I'm fairly sure that's what you mean when you
> say "go through the GUI for setting up a second IP on eth0:1".
Sorry for cryptic reply but that is what I meant. Time runneth and so
must I...apologies all the same.
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Sudev Barar
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