ubuntu 12.04LTS setting up muti ips

[flamedog]

ok first i try'ed - http://www.nfoservers.com/forums/viewto ... =68&t=5418
and that didnt work so i contacted support and they took me thought the steps and then after that didnt work they sent me here. So the thing is i just bought a new ip so i can have 2 ips for my vps

the probelm is when i go to restart the "networking" (sudo /etc/init.d/networkking restart) i get this error - http://i.imgur.com/E7lMQ.png

then it shows "[OK]" on then next line then exits to where it says "user@servername: "

my networking config(/etc/network/interface) looks like this

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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address <main ip>
netmask <NetMask>
gateway <main ip gateway>

auto eth0:0
iface eth0:0 inet static
address <second ip>
netmask <NetMask>
gateway <second ip gateway>

[paulg1981]

The gateway should be the same for both of your ip addresses. It is hard to tell if it is or not from your snippet?

[flamedog]

the gateway and the address are the same (the ip from the iptable in account cpanel)
and the netmask set to 255.255.255.0

[Vanderburg]

The gateway is not always the same. The proper gateway for each IP address will be listed on the IP List tab of your control panel.

[flamedog]

The gateway is not always the same. The proper gateway for each IP address will be listed on the IP List tab of your control panel.

I did not know that but i got the gateway from the tab as with the other ip info

[Edge100x]

Have you also tried rebooting? It looks like Ubuntu is getting confused here and is not taking down the old interface properly.

[flamedog]

Have you also tried rebooting? It looks like Ubuntu is getting confused here and is not taking down the old interface properly.

Ive done this and now its stuck on booting up on "Waiting for network config"

EDIT- it seems to have booted up

EDIT EDIT - it seems reinstalling and restoring from backup files worked ^^

[Edge100x]

Out of curiosity, how does the file that our system generated and put on for you differ from the one you created?

[flamedog]

Out of curiosity, how does the file that our system generated and put on for you differ from the one you created?

one i had

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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address <main ip>
netmask <NetMask>
gateway <main ip gateway>

auto eth0:0
iface eth0:0 inet static
address <second ip>
netmask <NetMask>
gateway <second ip gateway>

auto gen'ed one

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auto lo

iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address <main ip>
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway <main ip gateway>
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4

auto eth0:1
iface eth0:1 inet static
        address <second ip>
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway <second ip gateway>

[Edge100x]

It's possible that it requires it start with :1, then, which is something new, if so. It looks like you also may have accidentally removed the dns-nameservers bit with yours.

[Vanderburg]

It's an index, so I don't see why starting with :0 is a problem. I'd also guess that it was the DNS servers.