How do i add a 2nd NIC on my Linode VM
Hi,
I would like to enable routing on my Linode VM across 2 different NICs. eth0 and eth1.
Presently my VM has only 1 NIC. *-network description: Ethernet controller product: Virtio network device vendor: Red Hat, Inc physical id: 4 bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: msix busmaster caplist rom configuration: driver=virtio-pci latency=0 resources: irq:10 ioport:c040(size=32) memory:febd2000-febd2fff memory:fe004000-fe007fff memory:feb80000-febbffff *-virtio1 description: Ethernet interface physical id: 0 bus info: virtio@1 logical name: eth0 serial: f2:3c:91:4f:a1:91 capabilities: ethernet physical configuration: autonegotiation=off broadcast=yes driver=virtio_net driverversion=1.0.0 ip=172.104.42.219 link=yes multicast=yes
How to i enable the 2nd NIC eth1 ?
Regards
1 Reply
scrane
Linode Staff
Hey there,
Your Linode only has access to one network device but you can create an alias for it in your Linode's network connection by adding eth0:0. From there, you can continue adding aliases such as eth0:1, eth0:2, eth0:3, and so on.
If you would like an extra IP address for the additional aliases, please feel free to open a Support Ticket providing the technical justification for why you will need the additional IP address.
-Steve