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  From: Robyn Manning <rmanning@rebel.net.au>
  To  : Richard Russell <richard@yellowgoanna.com>
  Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 16:06:54 +1030

Re: Adding multiple IPs to one NIC

Hi Richard

Michael also had a kernel compilation problem.

Robyn

On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 06:55, Richard Russell wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 09:02:57PM +1030, Robyn Manning wrote:
> > Hi Michael
> >
> > Your lucky day. I was stuck on the same problem for a couple of days. The
> > answer is as follows you need to select 'Y' to include in the kernel
>
> Hmmm...
>
> It would appear that what is being done here is different somehow to
> what I proposed... how so? What is the difference here?
>
> TIA
>
> rr
>
> > Kernel/User netlink socket
> > Routing messages
> > Netlink device emulation
> >
> > Robyn
> >
> > On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:08, Michael T. Cheshire wrote:
> > > I wonder if anyone can help me here.
> > >
> > > I type
> > >
> > > # ip address add xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx dev eth1
> > >
> > > and get the following :
> > >
> > > Cannot open netlink socket: Address family not supported by protocol
> > >
> > > I am reasonably confident this is due to my current kernel ( I have
> > > forgotten to include somethig in the complile ), does anyone know which
> > > option it is that I have missed?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > ---
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Michael Cheshire
> > > Network Engineer
> > > Microarts Pty Ltd
> > > mailto:michael.cheshire@microarts.com.au
> > > <mailto:michael.cheshire@microarts.com.au>
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