Re: [SLE] /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-lo - setting multiple IP-addresses

John Andersen wrote:

That is exactly the point. Sometimes you WANT things that way.

This is true. I didn't say you can't. Generally, you shouldn't, unless you're absolutely certain. I don't know what application he's trying to set up, my post works equally well with lo or eth. It's just that I find suggesting eth instead of lo to be sound advice for most circumstances.