| 72.4. How to assign several IP addresses to the same LAN port | ||
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| 72.4. How to assign several IP addresses to the same LAN port | ||
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Suppose to assign to the ETH-1 port a second IP address.
Enter into the Abilis control-program or open the configuration file with the Console configurator and type the following commands.
| a res:ip-10 subtype:virtual | Add an “IP Virtual” resource (e.g. IP-10). |
| s p ip-10 p-ip:1 | Configure the physical Ethernet card associated to IP-10 resource. |
| s p ip-10 ipadd:192.168.10.1 mask:255.255.255.0 | Configure the IP address and the mask. |
| s p ip-10 descr:Virtual_LAN | Configure the description of the IP resource. |
| save conf | Save the configuration. |
On a working Abilis, a system restart is required to make the IP-10 resource running.
![[Note]](../images/note.png) | Note |
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If you want to assign an IP address belonging to the same network of the IP-1 resource, you must configure in the mask parameter the value 255.255.255.255. For example: s p ip-10 ipadd:192.168.1.10 mask:255.255.255.255 or s p ip-10 ipadd:192.168.1.10/32 |
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| 72.3. How to activate a new USB Ethernet port |  | 72.5. How to assign a VLAN for Ethernet interface |