I just noticed bug number Bug #95968 in <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/95968">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/95968</a> which reports the problem. Anyone have a temporary solution ?? <div>On 4/22/07, Agustin Navarro <<a href="mailto:agustin.navarro@gmail.com">agustin.navarro@gmail.com</a> > wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">In UBUNTU 7.04 I have not been able to create aliases for the network interface. I modified the /etc/network/intercaes to: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp auto eth0:0 iface eth0:0 inet static address <a href="http://192.168.0.2" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">192.168.0.2</a> network <a href="http://192.168.0.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 192.168.0.0</a> broadcast <a href="http://192.168.0.255" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">192.168.0.255</a> netmask <a href="http://255.255.255.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">255.255.255.0</a> auto eth0:1 iface eth0:1 inet static address <a href="http://192.168.0.3" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 192.168.0.3</a> network <a href="http://192.168.0.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">192.168.0.0 </a> broadcast <a href="http://192.168.0.255" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">192.168.0.255</a> netmask <a href="http://255.255.255.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 255.255.255.0</a> auto eth0:2 iface eth0:2 inet static address <a href="http://192.168.0.4" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 192.168.0.4</a> network <a href="http://192.168.0.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">192.168.0.0</a> broadcast <a href="http://192.168.0.255" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 192.168.0.255</a> netmask <a href="http://255.255.255.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">255.255.255.0</a> auto eth0:3 iface eth0:3 inet static address <a href="http://192.168.0.5" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">192.168.0.5</a> network <a href="http://192.168.0.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 192.168.0.0</a> broadcast <a href="http://192.168.0.255" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">192.168.0.255</a> netmask <a href="http://255.255.255.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">255.255.255.0</a> root@abril:~# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:11:76:5F:68 inet addr:<a href="http://200.84.240.218" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">200.84.240.218</a> Bcast:<a href="http://200.84.255.255" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 200.84.255.255</a> Mask:<a href="http://255.255.224.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">255.255.224.0</a> inet6 addr: fe80::211:11ff:fe76:5f68/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:7124 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6702 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:6952014 (6.6 MiB) TX bytes:1145898 (1.0 MiB) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:<a href="http://127.0.0.1" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">127.0.0.1</a> Mask:<a href="http://255.0.0.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 255.0.0.0</a> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:460 (460.0 b) TX bytes:460 (460.0 b) I get no errors and I can do it manually by the command: root@abril:~# ifconfig eth0:0 <a href="http://192.168.0.2" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 192.168.0.2</a> network <a href="http://192.168.0.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 192.168.0.0</a> netmask <a href="http://255.255.255.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">255.255.255.0</a> and get: root@abril:~# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:11:76:5F:68 inet addr:<a href="http://200.84.240.218" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 200.84.240.218</a> Bcast:<a href="http://200.84.255.255" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">200.84.255.255</a> Mask:<a href="http://255.255.224.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 255.255.224.0</a> inet6 addr: fe80::211:11ff:fe76:5f68/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:7124 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6702 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:6952014 (6.6 MiB) TX bytes:1145898 ( 1.0 MiB) eth0:0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:11:76:5F:68 inet addr:<a href="http://192.168.0.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">192.168.0.0</a> Bcast: <a href="http://192.168.0.255" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">192.168.0.255</a> Mask:<a href="http://255.255.255.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 255.255.255.0</a> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:<a href="http://127.0.0.1" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 127.0.0.1</a> Mask:<a href="http://255.0.0.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 255.0.0.0</a> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:460 (460.0 b) TX bytes:460 (460.0 b) Can somebody provide some help here ?? By the way, it works fine in UBUNTU 6.06 Thanks in advance..... </blockquote></div>