Binding Multiple IPs to a Single Interface

partiallynothing · n00b Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 5

I have been trying to bind multiple IPs to the same interface for some time and am having some extreme trouble. On Debian, I would have done the following in /etc/network/interfaces:

ansient · Guru Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 445 Location: Argentina

what version of baselayout are you using?

upgrade to 1.11.12-r4 if at all possible, and then look at your net.example file :p

partiallynothing · n00b Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 5

I went ahead and upgraded to the version you specified, and I do now have a net.example file. New problem though :p. I do not fully understand the new syntax and am working on a remote machine. Can I get a multiple IP on the same interface example? I do not want to break networking on this remote machine. Thanks!
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ansient · Guru Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 445 Location: Argentina

partiallynothing · n00b Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 5

Why do the IP addresses have the 'slash'?
Why this:

zonk · Apprentice Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 176

that's classless inter-domain routing addressing schemes.
they offer more flexibility than subnet masks. instead of 8, 16 or 32 bits identifying the network, you can have 13 to 27 bits for that.

128.8.27.18/16 would mean that the first 16 bits signify the network (128.8) and the last 16 bits represent the specific host number (27.18). a /13 allows you to represent over 524K hosts, a /27 allows you to represent 32 hosts. that way you can build networks that don't waste possible IP addresses in a world where IP addresses often are running short, it also reduces router overloading by having a single, high-level route represent many lower-level routes.

Daniel_walmsley · Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:02 pm Post subject: classles??

the /24 is siply another way of righting the subnet mask 255.255.255.0