[Xorp-hackers] OSPF Problem with Running Multiple Instances of XORP

Pavlin Radoslavov pavlin at ICSI.Berkeley.EDU
Sat Dec 6 22:00:56 PST 2008


Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com> wrote:

> Pavlin Radoslavov wrote:
> > In Linux interface name like "eth0.2" is not real interface, but
> > an IP alias address on interface eth0.
> > Hence, in your XORP config the interface/vif name should be eth0,
> > and have the corresponding IP aliases within the vif block.
> >   
> 
> ethX.Y can be an 802.1Q VLAN naming configuration, and he mentions
> using vconfig, so at least that part of his config should work OK.

Yes, you are right. There were so many "IP aliases" cases of
"ethX.Y" in the past so I did a FAQ reply :)

Pavlin



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