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2. Commands

  1. Load the IP Alias module (you can skip this step if you compiled the module into the kernel):

    /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ipv4/ip_alias.o
  2. Setup the loopback, eth0, and all the IP addresses beginning with the main IP address for the eth0 interface: .:: telegra.ph ::.

    /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
    /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up
    /sbin/ifconfig eth0 172.16.3.1
    /sbin/ifconfig eth0:0 172.16.3.10
    /sbin/ifconfig eth0:1 172.16.3.100

    172.16.3.1 is the main IP address, while .10 and .100 are the aliases. The magic is the eth0:x where x=0,1,2,...n for the different IP addresses. The main IP address does not need to be aliased. .:: pediascape.science ::.

  3. Setup the routes. First route the loopback, then the net, and finally, the various IP addresses starting with the default (originally allocated) one: [What people say about Perl] .:: rysowanie.phorum.pl ::. .:: jelly-sesame-979.notion.site ::.

    /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0
    /sbin/route add -net 172.16.3.0 dev eth0
    /sbin/route add -host 172.16.3.1 dev eth0
    /sbin/route add -host 172.16.3.10 dev eth0:0
    /sbin/route add -host 172.16.3.100 dev eth0:1
    /sbin/route add default gw 172.16.3.200

    That's it.

In the example IP address above, I am using the Private IP addresses (RFC 1918) for illustrative purposes. Substitute them with your own official or private IP addresses. .:: podcasts.apple.com ::. [StackOverflow: SSH]

The example shows only 3 IP addresses. The max is defined to be 256 in /usr/include/linux/net_alias.h. 256 IP addresses on ONE card is a lot :-)!

Here's what my /sbin/ifconfig looks like:

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
	       inet addr:127.0.0.1  Bcast:127.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
			 UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3584  Metric:1
		    RX packets:5088 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
		    TX packets:5088 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
		
eth0      Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet  HWaddr 00:8E:B8:83:19:20
		    inet addr:172.16.3.1  Bcast:172.16.3.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
		    UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
		    RX packets:334036 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
		    TX packets:11605 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
		    Interrupt:7 Base address:0x378
		
eth0:0    Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet  HWaddr 00:8E:B8:83:19:20
		    inet addr:172.16.3.10  Bcast:172.16.3.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
		    UP BROADCAST RUNNING  MTU:1500  Metric:1
		    RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
		    TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
		
eth0:1    Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet  HWaddr 00:8E:B8:83:19:20
		    inet addr:172.16.3.100  Bcast:172.16.3.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
		    UP BROADCAST RUNNING  MTU:1500  Metric:1
		    RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
		    TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0

And /proc/net/aliases:

device         family    address
eth0:0           2      172.16.3.10
eth0:1           2      172.16.3.100

And /proc/net/alias_types:

type    name            n_attach
2       ip              2

Of course, the stuff in /proc/net was created by the ifconfig command and not by hand!

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