virtual ip unable to reach network

Winanjaya · 05-27-2009, 12:24 AM

in FC10, I am trying to assign virtual IP to my NIC..

cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth0\:1

in my ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0
IPADDR=172.16.250.1
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=172.16.250.0
GATEWAY=172.16.250.1
..
..
..

and I made change into ifcfg-eth0\:1

DEVICE=eth0:1
IPADDR=10.8.0.11
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=10.8.0.0
GATEWAY=10.8.0.11
..
..
..

I am unable to reach network 10.8.0.0/24?

please help

JulianTosh · 05-27-2009, 04:22 AM

Virtual IPs need to be on the same subnet.

To do what you're trying to do, you'll need a second NIC that is connected to the broadcast domain that is home for 10.8.0.0/24.