My original message was:
> I am running an ALPHA 200 4/166 with OSF/1 v3.2c. Can I assign two IP
> addresses to the internal NIC or do I need a second card.
I received several excellent answers in very prompt order which saved me
a lot of grief. Thank-you all.
Here is the most complete answer which covers in detail the two obvious
ways to do this. I'll have to ask a tougher questions next time!
Steve.
> From bchill_at_bch.net Thu Jan 29 15:37:46 1998
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 10:09:46 -0800 (PST)
> From: Brian C Hill <bchill_at_bch.net>
> To: steve_at_headwaters.com
> Subject: Re: dual homing an NIC...
> ifconfig ln0 alias 123.456.789.123 (etc.).
> put whatever your device name is there for ln0.
> the key is the 'alias' part
> You can make it permanent in /etc/rc.config
> and look for these lines (you don't need to use the 'alias'
> keyword anywhere in /etc/rc.config) and do as I did...
> NUM_NETCONFIG="2"
> MAX_NETDEVS="24"
> NETDEV_0="ln0"
> NETDEV_1="ln0"
> NETDEV_2=
> NETDEV_3=
> NETDEV_4=
> NETDEV_5=
> NETDEV_6=
> NETDEV_7=
> IFCONFIG_0="128.120.17.100 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> IFCONFIG_1="128.120.17.220 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> IFCONFIG_2=
> IFCONFIG_3=
> IFCONFIG_4=
> IFCONFIG_5=
> IFCONFIG_6=
> IFCONFIG_7=
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Received on Thu Jan 29 1998 - 21:30:54 NZDT