IP ALIASING ON A LINUX MACHINE ============================== Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local: #IP aliased /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 172.16.3.1 /sbin/ifconfig eth0:0 172.16.3.10 /sbin/ifconfig eth0:1 172.16.3.100 #IP routed /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 /sbin/route add -net 172.16.3.0 dev eth0 /sbin/route add -host 172.16.3.1 dev eth0 /sbin/route add -host 172.16.3.10 dev eth0:0 /sbin/route add -host 172.16.3.100 dev eth0:1 /sbin/route add default gw 172.16.3.200 172.16.3.1 is the main IP #, while .10 and .100 are the aliases. eth0:x where x=0,1,2,...n (max=256) is for the different IP #s.