 | View Full Version : how to setup a ip block jack567 11-23-2004, 02:11 AM hello I have a friend that im shareing a server with. i need to know how to setup a extra ip for him from out of my block of ip's I need the commands for this please. the os is redhat thanks for any help you can pervide. take care assistanz247 11-23-2004, 02:39 AM You have to check upto which device you have IP addresses, like eth0 eth0:1 Assume your last IP device is eth0:1 then the command will be, ifconfig eth0:2 192.168.1.250 After adding the ip you have to change create a file called ifcfg-eth0:2 inside /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory. the file shuld have following lines, DEVICE=eth0:2 ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=192.168.1.250 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 GATEWAY=192.168.1.88 |