[NTLUG:Discuss] can't ping to 2 NIC box

[Phil Carinhas]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 02:04:51PM -0500, Kyle_Davenport at compusa.com wrote:
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> 
>woah.  I must have missed something.  What does "eth0:1" mean for an ip
>interface? Why do these private interfaces not appear to connect to the private
>interface on SA?  Are these just window's problems?  if eth0 of SD does connect
> to eth1 of SA, have you rebooted it _3_ times since setting up the network
> configuration?  (Another ridiculous "feature" of windows98)   Where is the hub
> that the private network attaches too?   Do you want SA to be a gateway to a
> private network?  The gateway would then be the public address...
 
  eth0:1 is an ip-alias address. Its a way to give your machine extra
  ip numbers without an extra ethernet card.. See the mini-howto:

 http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/mini/IP-Alias.html


  -Phil C.
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