Re: 2.2 network questions

Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 04:05:25 +0200


VI> 2) "ifconfig down" (net-tools 1.50) on an aliased interface also brings
VI> the parent interface down. Ouch. That means if I alias interface for
VI> testing on some machine I will have either to give it a bogus IP address
VI> or reboot. Maybe there is some special method of bringing the aliases
VI> down I don't know about?

For me, ifconfig eth0:0 takes down all the virtual interfaces on eth0
but eth0 itselt stays up. net-tools 1.50 here too.

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Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)

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