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Configure network card?

Hi All,

Can one network card be configured with two IP addresses? Only one is used for communication.

If yes, how can I do this?

Thanks!

yuzh

Which version of OS are you using, please post the output of:

uname -a

iecu

ASKER

Dear yuzh,

the output is

SunOS test_machine 5.7 Generic_106541-10 Sun4u spare SUNW, UltraSPARC-IIi-CEngine

Thanks

yuzh

Please have a look at the answer in the following page:

http:Q_20765167.html

BTW, Solaris 7 is very old consider to upgrade your OS to Solaris 9
(at least should run Solaris 8)

You can downlaod Solaris 9 from:
http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/get.html

iecu

ASKER

Dear yuzh,

I am a new Unix user.
The ouptut of running ifconfig -a is as follows:

lo0: flags=849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 8232 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000

hme0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 165.202.7.10 netmask fffffffc broadcast 165.202.7.11 ether 8:0:20:da:5e:f6

hme1:flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 165.202.171.125 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 165.202.171.255 ether 8:0:20:da:5e:f6

Now I would like to configure the interface hme0 with
IP = 10.11.4.1
subnetmask = 255.255.255.0

What is the broadcast address & UP? How to determine this?

Can u teach me the correct steps to add the IP to the interface hme0?

ifconfig hme0:1 plumb
ifconfig hme0:1 10.11.4.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast ?.?.?.? up ?.?.?.?

Then create a new file called hostname.hme0:1 contains
new_host

Then edit file /etc/hosts, add
10.11.4.1 new_host

Then edit file /etc/netmasks, add
10.11.4.0 255.255.255.0

Any mistaked I made?

Thanks!

wesly_chen

>Now I would like to configure the interface hme0 with
>IP = 10.11.4.1
>subnetmask = 255.255.255.0

broadcast 10.11.4.255
Based on your subnetmask (255.255.255.0)
255 (decimal) ==> 11111111 (binary)
10 (decimal) ==> 00001010
Do "AND" 11111111 x 00001010 = 00001010 (binary) = 10
The same way on 11, 4.
The last one (1 x 0 =0) and do bit-reverse (00000000 --> 11111111). So it is 255.

Wesly

yuzh

Do you really have hme1 or just hme0:1 ?

iecu

ASKER

Dear yuzh,

Originally, I have one interface card with 2 ports.
Now I want to configure two IP addresses at the interface hem0.

Thanks

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

yuzh

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