Once upon a time Peter Hicks said... > Is there a correct debian way to use iproute2 in the > /etc/network/interfaces file? I need to set up a firewall machine with > multiple external ip addresses and would rather use the ip tool than > aliasing the addresses to eth0. Does ifup and ifdown support this?
In a message to this list last month that I filed away for reference, Jason Lunz had this to say: this works fine for me: iface eth1 inet static address 172.16.0.106 netmask 255.255.255.0 up ip addr add dev $IFACE 172.16.1.106 down ip addr flush dev $IFACE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]