5 IP-aliases are an obsolete way to manage multiple IP-addresses/masks
6 per interface. Newer tools such as iproute2 support multiple
7 address/prefixes per interface, but aliases are still supported
8 for backwards compatibility.
10 An alias is formed by adding a colon and a string when running ifconfig.
11 This string is usually numeric, but this is not a must.
14 Alias creation is done by 'magic' interface naming: eg. to create a
15 200.1.1.1 alias for eth0 ...
17 # ifconfig eth0:0 200.1.1.1 etc,etc....
18 ~~ -> request alias #0 creation (if not yet exists) for eth0
20 The corresponding route is also set up by this command.
21 Please note: The route always points to the base interface.
25 The alias is removed by shutting the alias down:
27 # ifconfig eth0:0 down
28 ~~~~~~~~~~ -> will delete alias
31 o Alias (re-)configuring
33 Aliases are not real devices, but programs should be able to configure and
34 refer to them as usual (ifconfig, route, etc).
37 o Relationship with main device
39 If the base device is shut down the added aliases will be deleted