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net: update documentation ip aliases

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This documentation is old.  Add a short note to describe why aliases
are no long necessary, and remove the old contact/edit info.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Stephen Hemminger 2009-01-29 16:16:31 -08:00 committed by David S. Miller
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IP-Aliasing: IP-Aliasing:
============ ============
IP-aliases are additional IP-addresses/masks hooked up to a base IP-aliases are an obsolete way to manage multiple IP-addresses/masks
interface by adding a colon and a string when running ifconfig. per interface. Newer tools such as iproute2 support multiple
address/prefixes per interface, but aliases are still supported
for backwards compatibility.
An alias is formed by adding a colon and a string when running ifconfig.
This string is usually numeric, but this is not a must. This string is usually numeric, but this is not a must.
IP-Aliases are avail if CONFIG_INET (`standard' IPv4 networking)
is configured in the kernel.
o Alias creation. o Alias creation.
Alias creation is done by 'magic' interface naming: eg. to create a Alias creation is done by 'magic' interface naming: eg. to create a
200.1.1.1 alias for eth0 ... 200.1.1.1 alias for eth0 ...
@ -38,16 +38,3 @@ o Relationship with main device
If the base device is shut down the added aliases will be deleted If the base device is shut down the added aliases will be deleted
too. too.
Contact
-------
Please finger or e-mail me:
Juan Jose Ciarlante <jjciarla@raiz.uncu.edu.ar>
Updated by Erik Schoenfelder <schoenfr@gaertner.DE>
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