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gojamiegirl

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From: Pacific Beach, CA

Registered: 2005-07-05

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Virtual Network Interface With DHCP

Is it possible to have, for example, eth0 and eth0:1 both use DHCP?  I've tried almost every syntax variation I can think of and am wondering if I'm trying to do the impossible.

I've tried what's suggested in this post and modifying it for DHCP but nothing is working.

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=260765

Here is the working relevant portion of rc.conf before trying to add a virtual interface.

lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
eth1="eth1 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
eth2="eth2 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"

INTERFACES=(lo eth0 eth1 eth2)

If it's possible, how can I modify rc.conf?  I've tried the following at least with no success

eth01="dhcp"
eth01="eth0:1=dhcp"
eth01="eth0:1 dhcp"
eth01="eth01 dhcp"
eth01="eth01=dhcp"

all using INTERFACES=(lo eth0 eth01 eth1 eth2), I even tried putting eth0:1 in the INTERFACES array.

Thank you