Re: multiple addresses

From: Berend De Schouwer (bds@jhb.ucs.co.za)
Date: Tue Feb 29 2000 - 08:31:14 EST

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On 29 Feb, Sharad Joshi wrote:
> Folks,
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> Is there any specific need of having multiple IP Addresses for a network
> interface? And for that matter, does linux support multiple IP addresses
> per interface?

Yes and yes.

Example uses:
- virtual domains
- migrating IP ranges (can't change 2000 PCs simultaneously)
- merging or splitting services on services.

Usually, eth0 is first IP, first network card, eth0:0 is second IP,
eth0:1 is third IP, etc.

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