On Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 09:16:42AM -0500, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > > I bet you are running a 2.2.x kernel and your version of netbase is from > slink. It is a known problem. As you mentioned, the aliased interfaces > will work but will not show up in "ifconfig." An easy solution is to > upgrade the "unstable" version of netbase (it is very stable.) The only > reason, I have been told, that the "fixed" netbase is not included in > Slink is due to the fact that 2.2.x kernels are not "supported" in Slink.
My netbase is from hamm. Thank you for the hint. I will upgrade the netbase. Best Regards, Werner > > According to the Aliasing Mini-Howto I set up two virtual addresses. > > The addresses are working but ifconfig swows only the one address of > > eth0 and not the other virtual ones for eth0:0 and eth0:1. > > > > The route command shows me that there is a host route to each IP connected > > with the virtual interfaces (I did a route add -host <IP> dev <virtual>). > > > > Another problem occurs if I try to set the network route. If I issue > > > > route add -net 127.0.0.0 > > > > the answer is > > > > SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument > > > > route add 127.0.0.0 dev lo > > > > works but results only in a host route. > > > > The same happens if I set the network route > > > > route add -net 192.168.10.0 dev eth0 > > > > I can set the default route to a gateway on the network and if I look at the > > routes with "route -n" there is also a route to the network. Currently I am > > not physically connected. I am going to connect but want to prepare most in > > advance. > > > > I am using a RealTek PCI ethernet card (rtl8139).
