[svlug] IP Aliasing on Debian Woody...

[J C Lawrence]

On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 04:36:46 -0800 
Drew Bertola <drew at drewb.com> wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how to enable ip_alias capability in debian woody? 
> Surely I don't have to build a kernel for just this.  

I've never run a stock kernel for longer than it takes to compile a
tailored monolithic kernel, so I can't comment well here.  The make-kpkg
package is your friend.

> I'm hoping all I have to do is something like:

Drop a :interface stanza in /etc/network/interfaces -- if the kernel
supports it, it will work.

> I'm using the latest 2.4.18 kernel package (just released w/ do_brk()
> fix).

2.4.23 here, just upgraded from 2.4.6.

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