Comments on: Ubuntu Linux: Creating ethernet alias for eth0 network device

By: Ross Sutherland

Ross Sutherland — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:20:52 +0000

Hell there. I am a new Linux user, more specifically Ubuntu. I was confused what was meant be the following line – “name Ethernet alias LAN card”. Is this the physical device name or just eth0?

Any help with this would be great thanks.

By: Download Free Photos

Download Free Photos — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:42:21 +0000

Hello,

Can I manually add IP to /etc/network/interfaces ?
Can someone post an example of multiple IP addresses on one NIC ?

thanks

By: Gaurav Pruthi

Gaurav Pruthi — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:38:26 +0000

Why we can’t use more than 254 aliases on a NIC?
If i am using 2 NICs in my box, will the max. limit be 508?

By: Manu Ignatius

Manu Ignatius — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:08:16 +0000

This link might be somewhat useful for aliasing an interface using programming. Link

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:36:30 +0000

When creating an alias, must it be in the same subnetwork?
To explain better, if my ip address id 1.1.1.1/255.255.255.0, the alias must be 1.1.1.x or can it be 2.x.x.x?

thanks

By: vivek

vivek — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:14:09 +0000

Jayesh, Use our Linux support forum

By: Jayesh Sharma

Jayesh Sharma — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:50:17 +0000

Hi All,
This is a very good site to linux learner.But how can i post my query to get resolution.

By: Zulqarnain

Zulqarnain — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:53:00 +0000

i solve my problem of multi addresses.

By: jusdur

jusdur — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:12:18 +0000

what does mean this line:
name Ethernet alias LAN card

i look into man interfaces, but can’t found about name syntax

thx

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:23:08 +0000

What if you don’t use a permanent ip address and
rely on DHCP to assign the IP address?

Is this correct?
sudo ifconfig eth0 up

Do I need to setup dhcp?

By: Tamil

Tamil — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:08:47 +0000

simple and good guide. Thank you.

By: Cloudless

Cloudless — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 08:20:36 +0000

Thank you so much for this guide! It is easy to understand.

By: LinuxTitli

LinuxTitli — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 06:26:16 +0000

kotnik,

Err…

thanks for heads up :)

By: kotnik

kotnik — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:15:23 +0000

/sbin/infconfig

There’s no such command. Fix the typo ;)