Re: [cobalt-users] Virtual port on a QUBE2

[Kris Dahl <krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 5/30/00 8:33 AM, Jason Aspinall at jaspinall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> How would I allocate a 'virtual' IP to eth0 on the Qube2?  There are
> instructions here ->
> http://www.cobalt.com/support/kb/search.php3?ques=virtual&qid=103&language=1
> that talk about creating a config file for a virtual port eth0:0 and then
> running "ifup ifcfg-eth0:0" to get the port working.  But, for all the
> various bits I put in the eth0:0 config file, only one line remains the same
> as what I put in there in the first instance.  Upon rebooting the server,
> the config file changes automagically :|

Try using a different virtual interface.

I.e. instead of calling your config file
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/eth0:0
call it
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/eth0:1

See if that works.
-k