On 07/12/2011 06:36 PM, Yasha Karant wrote:
> I attempted to add the virtual network interface you suggested with 
> simply the ifcfg-eth0.5 script you provided; however, the system would 
> not generate it.  I then found a reference to a command vconfig that I 
> used (please see below) that did work and created a eth0.5 after ifup 
> using your script.  However, this caused the machine not be visible on 
> the physical network -- netstat -r did not find default.  I tried 
> ping, etc.  A reboot with the ifcfg-eth0.5 script moved to my home 
> directory (so that it would not be used but not lost) resulted in a 
> working Internet connection, but no eth0.5 .

Huh.  Give me a few days to scratch my head.  Maybe I missed something.

-T