What's eth0:9? (Re: WiFi with mandrake

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 09:54:37AM -0400, Duane Morin wrote:
> I've also noticed that after bootup I've got an "eth0:9" listing in my 
> ifconfig output.  What is that?  eth0 does not have an IP associated with 
> it, but this eth0:9 thing has a "169.254.41.250" address which is unknown 
> to me since I'm on the usual 192.168.x.x.

Interfaces can have sub-interfaces with separate IPs. In this case, the
10th sub-interface of eth0 has been configured. No, I don't know why.

ifconfig eth0:9

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