Linux Ethernet Bridging - Jun 2007 - [Bridge] Is it possible to put an aliased ethernet card on a bridge?

Hi,

Suppose we have two aliases of the same ethernet card:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1
ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.1.1

Is it possible to add eth0:1 to a bridge, not adding its "physical
parent" eth0?

Sorry if this was answered before.

Thanks.

-- 
Dimitry Golubovsky

Anywhere on the Web

On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 16:32 -0400, Dimitry Golubovsky
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Suppose we have two aliases of the same ethernet card:
> 
> ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1
> ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.1.1
> 
> Is it possible to add eth0:1 to a bridge, not adding its "physical
parent" eth0?
> 
> Sorry if this was answered before.
> 
> Thanks.
> 

Yes this is allowed. Along with eth0.10:1 which is a VLAN tagged
interface with an alias.

Brad Dameron
Systems Engineer
Clearw're

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:32:09 -0400
"Dimitry Golubovsky" <golubovsky@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Suppose we have two aliases of the same ethernet card:
> 
> ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1
> ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.1.1
> 
> Is it possible to add eth0:1 to a bridge, not adding its "physical
parent" eth0?
> 
> Sorry if this was answered before.
> 
You can do it, you won't get anything usable.
What are you trying to. Simple bridging is at level 2 not level 3 (IP).