how many eth0:n can there be?

[jdvilla]

I'm under the impression that I can have several eth0:n configurations...

This is what I have in /etc/modules.conf

alias eth0 via-rhine
alias eth0:0 via-rhine
alias eth0:1 via-rhine


and then I have files

ifcfg-eth0
ifcfg-eth0:0
ifcfg-eth0:1

but only ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-eth0:0 will come up. ifcfg-eth0:1 does not come up on a

ifup eth0:1

[mdwatts]

I did a G4L search for eth0:255 and found this that may help explain (http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0108.2/0485.html).

[jdvilla]

My problem ended up being that I made a small mistake when starting things up...

I simply copied eth0:0 to eth0:1 and started eth0:1 without ever changing the static ip address...

this may have caused an issue since both eth0:0 and eth0:1 were trying to listen on the same address? not sure, just my guess...

Anyway I brought down eth0:0 and brought them back up again and it works fine.

Thanks again.