Possible Syntax Error "interfaces" (Ubuntu 6.10)

[David Koski]

On Sunday 07 January 2007 08:08, Karl-Heinz Schulz wrote:
> I tried to enable a second IP address on my NIC without much success.
>
>
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
>
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # The primary network interface
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
>         address 207.59.215.24
>         netmask 255.255.255.224
>         network 207.59.215.0
>         broadcast 207.59.215.31
>         gateway 207.59.215.1
>         # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if
> installed
>         dns-nameservers 66.255.85.9 66.255.85.9
>
> iface eth0:0 inet static
>         address 207.59.215.23
>         netmask 255.255.255.224
>
>
> I receive host unreachable when trying to ping 207.59.215.23 - what am I
> missing?

What do you see when you run ifconfig?

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David