IP Alias

[IsomerX]

James Gray wrote:
> On Monday 22 January 2007 09:00, IsomerX wrote:
>   
>> I'm trying to create an IP address alias for the network card on one of
>> y servers.  It is running Ubuntu 6.9.
>>
>> I have the following lines in my /etc/network/interfaces:
>>
>> auto eth1
>>
>> iface eth0 inet static
>> address 192.168.0.98
>> netmask 255.255.255.0
>> gateway 192.168.0.1
>>
>> iface eth1:0 inet static
>> address 192.168.1.100
>>
>>
>> When I issue the command ifconfig eth1:0 up I get the following error:
>> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address
>>     
>
> Do you have an "eth1" interface?  If not, then of course you wont be able to 
> add a virtual interface to a non-existent interface :P
>   
Yes, I have an eth1, I miss-typed the one line, it should be:

iface eth1 inet static

though, oddly enough... I do -not- have an eth0, though it doesn't work 
if rename the card as eth0...

Since that came up... how do I change this card to be eth0?  I had 
another card at install time, that was named eth0, though I later 
removed it.

IsomerX