IP address alias
 

I'm somewhat confused about setting an alias on an ethernet interface in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf.

I specify an alias as follows under the eth0 section:

I have two questions:

1) how do I specify an alternate IP address for the alias;

2) do I need to add a route for the alias?

When you add IFNAME[0]="<name>", you tell the init script to configure interface <name> instead of the default interface for section 0, which is eth0.

If you want to give the alias eth0:1 an IP address, you should do so in the next interface section, like this:

When an interface is assigned an IP address, a direct route is added to the routing table automatically, based on the address and netmask. You do not have to add a route manually.

That did the trick. Thank you.