Multiple IP Addresses for One Network Device

how to add more than one IP addresses on one Network device?

IP Range on Red Hat

 $ vim /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0-range0
IPADDR_START=10.77.8.53
IPADDR_END=10.77.8.62
CLONENUM_START=10
NETMASK=255.255.254.0

CLONENUM_START tells the alias number for the network device. In this example, it will starts with eth0:10.

References

• Creating or Adding New Network Alias To a Network Card (NIC) http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-creating-or-adding-new-network-alias-to-a-network-card-nic/
• Setting Up Multiple IP Addresses On A Single NIC http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/05/setting-up-multiple-ip-addresses-on.html