Re: issue: deleting one IP alias deletes all

Christopher Friesen (cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com)
Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:02:59 -0400

David Ford wrote:
>
> Actually it is quite sane. The tool is not.
>
> Switch to 'ip' instead of 'ifconfig', several large distros now include
> it. Addresses can be added and removed completely indiscriminately on
> interfaces.
>
> The "ethN:X" is a legacy design that is now deprecated.

Minor issue...if I create (using 'ip') two addresses on the same subnet on the
same device, one of them is primary and the other is secondary. If I then
delete the primary address, the second one goes with it.

I submit that this is bad behaviour.

Chris

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