RE: IP Aliasing in linux

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On 2003-01-04 07:05:59, mystique666 wrote
>I have an interface (eth0) which i have set up with 2 ip addresses (eth0 and eth0:0). When I ping the outside world it sends from the eth0:0 address rather than the eth0 address (not what I want it to do). The default route and all other routes are set to use dev eth0 (except of course the ones that need to be eth1 and lo ;).

I haven't done much with aliasing under Linux before, but from what you said it sounds as if Linux always uses the first alias as default. Try using eth0:0 and eth0:1 instead of eth0 and eth0:0

- Kaladis

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IP Aliasing in linux - LtKer mystique666 2003-01-04 07:05:59
- >RE: IP Aliasing in linux - Guest(Kaladis) 2003-01-04 23:43:35 <
  - I think you have to use eth0 but... - LtKer mystique666 2003-01-05 07:25:51
    - You should use a gateway - Try www.clarkconnect.org - Tr whirlwind 2003-01-12 00:01:33

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Message:	On 2003-01-04 23:43:35, Kaladis wrote >On 2003-01-04 07:05:59, mystique666 wrote >>I have an interface (eth0) which i have set up with 2 ip addresses (eth0 and eth0:0). When I ping the outside world it sends from the eth0:0 address rather than the eth0 address (not what I want it to do). The default route and all other routes are set to use dev eth0 (except of course the ones that need to be eth1 and lo ;). > >I haven't done much with aliasing under Linux before, but from what you said it sounds as if Linux always uses the first alias as default. Try using eth0:0 and eth0:1 instead of eth0 and eth0:0 > >- Kaladis
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