lo aliasing problem

From: krsyoung (krsyoung_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/30/05 

Date: 29 Sep 2005 17:42:52 -0700

Hello all,

I am currently trying to set up a load balancing application which
requires an alias to be made for the loopback device. However, as soon
as I create the device the network stops working.

Initially (network works fine):
eth0 - 192.168.1.1
lo - 127.0.0.1

Run these (the network immediately stops working):
ifconfig lo:0 192.168.1.2
ifup lo:0

This is on both 2.4 and 2.6 kernels on SLES8/FC3/RH9. For some reason
it seems like it might be horribly illegal what I need to do, but I'm
wondering if anyone could help with an explanation.

Thanks,

Chris

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