Hi james ,

thanks fro this help i also need the same thing , but i may have some more need if u can help a great appreciation .
like i am using suse_10.1

iam having one eth0 and 2 different internet connections
1.Office
2.Home

both are static ip

now i write a shell script when i logged in to home or office so run the script and it make the Network entries accordingly .
but every time i need to overwrite my "resolv.conf" and gateway entries which are very different for
Home and Office .
Example :

Office :

IP: 210.X.X.X
gateway: 210.X.X.254
Primary NameServer : 220.X.3.X
Secondary NameServer:220.X.4.X

Home :

IP:61.X.X.X
gateway:61.X.X.254
PS:110.X.X.X
SS:110.220.X.X

So how can make this both entrie in suse and ever time i need not require to run a script
like in REdhat we have a choice of making network profile and and once boot u can choose a network profile and corresponding entries are loaded auto.
Do we have like for suse ????

let me know ..
thanks for co-operation.

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James Oakley wrote:

On Friday 15 September 2006 4:10 pm, Bacchu, Anjan wrote:

Hi All,



  Thanks for any pointers.


On Suse 9.3(CONSOLE only, no GUI), what are the steps needed to add
multiple IP addresses to the NIC  ?



Previously, while using Redhat (not Fedora), we used to

a) make a copy of ./etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

b) rename the copy to ./sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth01

c) edit the contents of the new file and

d) reboot



This is easier in SUSE. From /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg.template:

## Multiple addresses
##    You can extend the variable name 'IPADDR' by any string you like 
(IPADDR_1,
##    IPADDR_FOO, IPADDRxxx, ...) and use these variables for your IP 
addresses.
##    If you need some additional parameters for these addresses, then just 
add
##    the same extension to these variable names.
##    IPADDR_AAA=1.2.3.4
##    NETMASK_AAA=255.0.0.0
##    BROADCAST_AAA=1.2.3.55
##    IPADDR_BBB=10.10.2.3/16
##    LABEL_BBB=BBB
##    an so on ...
##
## You do not need to set a label for any address. But then you should not use
## ifconfig any longer; go and use ip. If you want to use ifconfig then omit 
the
## label for your main address and set a label for every additional address.


So you simply need to edit the /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth-id-<mac> file 
and add the addresses. I usually specify only IPADDR for each additional 
entry in cidr format like so:

IPADDR_FOO='10.1.1.1/24'
IPADDR_BAR='192.168.1.1/24'

Once you save the file, there's no need for a reboot. You can do one of the 
following:

	ifdown <devicename> ; ifup <devicename>

or

	rcnetwork restart

Hope that helps,