[Sunhelp] Alias on the loopback interface...

[dhansen at zebra.net]

 You can configure logical interfaces to the loopback under
Solaris just as you do any other device.
     ifconfig lo0:1 aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa bbb.bbb.bbb.bbb up 
     ifconfig lo0:1 cluster_address 127.0.0.1 up
or whatever suits your purposes.

 If you state what you have tried then you can eliminate
people re-telling you advice that you have already tried and
you risk having a more clear answer that also explains what
you may have done wrong in your earlier attempts.

 -david

--- Original Message ---
"Steven Levin" <steven.levin at ipix.com> Wrote on 
Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:30:16 -0700
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Is it possible to add an alias IP to the loopback interface?
 I know it is
under some other *IX systems.

Why do I want to, you ask?

Well, for a meshed environment, what I want to do is run dual
NICs, each one
with a private network address.  Then I want to alias the internet-routable
address to the loopback, and have each server announce that it
has the route
to that Internet IP.  This will allow the servers to route around
a failed
switch, for example (each NIC being connected to a different
switch).

but Solaris (at least, 2.8/x86) it doesn't seem to be working...

Thanks!

Steve

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