[LARTC] Aliases and Multipath

[Damion de Soto]

Hi Guillermo,

> iptables just does not likes eth0:1 neither eth0:2, is this the right
> behaviour of iptables or what? i read something about NAT in advance
> routing engine but never used before and i'm little confuse on how it
> works. Will it crash with iptables NAT engine?
As far as I know, the ethX:X terminology is just for ifconfig usage.
Inside the kernel, eth0:1 is exactly the same as eth0.
So for iptables rules, you just use the eth0:1 IP address with eth0.
this is the same way the 'ip' tool works too.


Regards,
Damion.


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