:Assigning Multiple Addresses to a Network Interface
Assigning Multiple Addresses to a Network Interface Oct 11, 2008, 18 :07 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (2860 reads) (Other stories by Carla Schroder)
"One thing ip can do that ifconfig cannot is assign multiple addresses to a single network interface. ifconfig can assign multiple aliases, such as eth0:0, eth0:1, and so forth, but then you must give each alias a separate configuration as though they are separate physical interfaces."
