Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4 System Administration Manual page 190

Chapter 17. Network Configuration
Figure 17.18. Network Device Alias Example
Select the alias and click the Activate button to activate the alias. If you have configured multiple
profiles, select which profiles in which to include it.
To verify that the alias has been activated, use the command /sbin/ifconfig. The output should
show the device and the device alias with different IP addresses:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet
HWaddr 00:A0:CC:60:B7:G4
inet addr:192.168.100.5
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST
RX packets:161930 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:244570 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:475 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:55075551 (52.5 Mb)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x9000
inet addr:192.168.100.42
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x9000
Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1
172
Bcast:192.168.100.255
MTU:1500
TX bytes:178108895 (169.8 Mb)
eth0:1
Bcast:192.168.100.255
MTU:1500
lo
Mask:255.0.0.0
Mask:255.255.255.0
Metric:1
Link encap:Ethernet
Mask:255.255.255.0
Metric:1
HWaddr 00:A0:CC:60:B7:G4