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Add a second ip to Linux / Ubuntu /etc/network/interfaces

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http://www.go2linux.org – There are situations when you want or need a second IP on your box, for example when you are installing a firewall (In this case is always better to have two NICs but you can do it with only one) We will assume you already have a system running and already has one IP, if not you wanna read Define a static IP in Linux. Now we will add the second IP use the same command specifying a virtual NIC <!--break--> sudo ifconfig eth0:0 192.168.1. (HowTos)

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