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Old 11-22-2005, 05:02 PM   #1
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Multiple static IP addresses


The LFS book doesn't indicate how the network script handles multiple static IP addresses on a single interface. I know it can be done because back in July I was told that the feature already existed. I hadn't used it then, and can't seem to find any documentation for it at all.
 
Old 11-22-2005, 05:46 PM   #2
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What you are after is IP alaising. What it means is the first IP is say eth0 and the next IP will be eth0:0, the next one will be eth0:1. If you need to work with iptables then IP alising does not work with it. Use the IP address itself, do not use references eth0:0.

Here are some links to look over. Some stray from the subject.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...00#post1946000
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/66791
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archiv...0-q2/0239.html
http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.n...-tutorial.html

Any questions please ask away.
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Old 11-22-2005, 06:31 PM   #3
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Thanks for your response, but, I don't see how iptables is necessary for what I require. In some way (that isn't documented, afaik) the LFS network script(s) provide the functionality I need, I just don't know where/how to put the necessary configuration information.

Code:
[root@fo ~]# ls -l /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0/
total 4
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 101 Nov 18 02:48 ipv4

Do I create multiple ipv4 files? What will the new ones be named? Do I create multiple ifconfig.eth0 directories, naming them ifconfig.eth0:0, 1, 2, etc. ?


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Based from reading the scripts themselves, I think that the scripts do not, in any way, require the name of the file to be 'ipv4'. I am pretty sure that, I could rename the ipv4 file I have above to my main IP. Then, I would just create as many other files as I needed for the remaining IPs.

But I'll wait to see what anyone else has to say.
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Last edited by fr0zen; 11-22-2005 at 06:37 PM.
 
Old 11-22-2005, 07:34 PM   #4
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If rerouting of ip is not needed then iptable syou will not need for this. A easy to use gui tool for this is an app called webmin. http://www.webmin.com . In the networking section under the interface section, it allows creation of virtual aliasing IPs.

Some more links
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/IP-Alias.html
http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/ipalias.htm

Hope this helps.
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Old 11-22-2005, 08:49 PM   #5
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Thank you Brian for your help. However, I decided to try my method (which I had discovered based on the script itself).

I now have several files under the eth0 directory, each named with the IP I plan to assign on the device.

PHP Code:
[root@fo /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0]# ls -l
total 20
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 72.36.***.**1
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 72.36.***.**2
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 72.36.***.**3
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 72.36.***.**4
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 72.36.***.**5
/* --- */

// Individual files

[root@fo /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0]# cat 72.36.***.**1
ONBOOT=yes
SERVICE
=ipv4-static
IP=72.36.***.**1
GATEWAY
=put your gateway IP here
PREFIX
=specify your prefix (based on netmask)
BROADCAST=broadcast addr here
/* --- */

// This last one is a template for the 'secondary' ips that you have. I have 4 of them.
// # = {2,3,4,5}

[root@fo /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0]# cat 72.36.***.**#
ONBOOT=yes
SERVICE
=ipv4-static
IP=72.36.***.**#
PREFIX=same prefix as main file
/* --- */ 
I hope this helps anyone else. I really really wish they'd put a note about this in the LFS book! (I was told it wasn't important enough...)
 
Old 11-23-2005, 06:47 PM   #6
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Glad to be of help. There is more than one way to do anything in linux.

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