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This documentation is old. Add a short note to describe why aliases are no long necessary, and remove the old contact/edit info. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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IP-Aliasing:
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IP-aliases are an obsolete way to manage multiple IP-addresses/masks
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per interface. Newer tools such as iproute2 support multiple
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address/prefixes per interface, but aliases are still supported
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for backwards compatibility.
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An alias is formed by adding a colon and a string when running ifconfig.
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This string is usually numeric, but this is not a must.
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o Alias creation.
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Alias creation is done by 'magic' interface naming: eg. to create a
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200.1.1.1 alias for eth0 ...
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# ifconfig eth0:0 200.1.1.1 etc,etc....
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~~ -> request alias #0 creation (if not yet exists) for eth0
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The corresponding route is also set up by this command.
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Please note: The route always points to the base interface.
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o Alias deletion.
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The alias is removed by shutting the alias down:
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# ifconfig eth0:0 down
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~~~~~~~~~~ -> will delete alias
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o Alias (re-)configuring
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Aliases are not real devices, but programs should be able to configure and
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refer to them as usual (ifconfig, route, etc).
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o Relationship with main device
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If the base device is shut down the added aliases will be deleted
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too.
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