2008/9/15 Dmitry Cherkasov <doctorchd at gmail.com>: > 2008/9/15 Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>: >>> Could anybody advice on the following problem. >>> I need to assign several ip-addresses to 'lo' interface (beside >>> 127.0.0.1). It is convenient to me to implement NAT with such >>> addresses. >>> I can easily assign these addresses on running system with 'ip address >>> add <some addr/prefix> dev lo'. Yet I cannot understand how to make >>> these settings apply on boot time. Certainly it is possible to patch >>> standard system scripts like /etc/rc.d/init.d/network, but I suppose >>> there must be more straight way to do this. >> >> This is well enough explained in >> /usr/share/doc/initscripts-8.45.19.EL/sysconfig.txt >> >> In /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts you need to create a file: ifcfg-l0:1 >> where all you really need is the ipaddr and netmask values. > > > This works fine for 'eth' and does not work for 'lo'. The problem has been solved. The solution is to use file ifcfg-lo-range. -- Dmitry Cherkasov