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Subject: Re: Network interface aliasing?
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On 03/07/2012 04:24 PM, Mikel King wrote:
> On 3/7/12 9:39 AM, Brent Clark wrote:
>> Hiya
>>
>> I would like to ask.
>>
>> Is it possible to, do network interface aliasing. Im not talking about ip
>> aliasing.
>>
>> I basically want to bind one process to network interface vr0:0 and
>> another process to vr0:1.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Brent
>
> Brent,
>
> You can rename an interface to just about anything you wish. If the
> process allows for interface binding then you can use that new name.
>
> http://jafdip.com/index.php/2008/09/08/renaming-ethernet-interfaces-under-freebsd-7x/
>

This gives the interface a different name.
It does not create an alias name for the interface as far as I understand.

Kind regards,
Bas


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