Hi gang, I've got a pretty base slink install with a few additions (all the proposed updates, and some stuff from netgod), for which I have compiled a cusom 2.2.12 kernel.
I have IP alias support compiled into the kernel: callisto% grep ALIAS /usr/src/linux/.config CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=y However, when I try and create an alias, according to the ifconfig output, it has been created, but it wont respond to a ping or any sort of connection attempt expect from itself. I can create an IP alias in exactly the same way on the RedHat 5.2 box with a 2.2.x kernel sitting next to it and ping it immediately from anywhere on the network. The same thing doesn't work on the Debian box, however. The pings do not even show up in the iplog syslog entries. There are no firewall rules, IPChains rules, or anything unusual like that running on the box. dpkg -l netbase gives the following: ii netbase 3.12-2 Basic TCP/IP networking binaries I should note that this machine's primary eth0 IP address works file (I'm using SSH to connect to it as I speak). This has got me stumped! We want to replace our RedHat server with a Debian one, as it's a lot easier for me to admin a Debian box. But unless I can work this out, I'm up sh*t creek! Any thoughts would be appreciated! cheers, damon -- Damon Muller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) / It's not a sense of humor. * Criminologist / It's a sense of irony * Webmeister / disguised as one. * Linux Geek / - Bruce Sterling
