Raspbian Buster - Need to get 3 IP addresses on eth0 from DHCP

[edgararroyo]

I've search and found only one solution but it does not work on Raspbian.

On /etc/network/interfaces I added this:

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# Primary interface
auto eth0
    iface eth0 inet dhcp
    up ip link set dev eth0 promisc on

# Macvlan interfaces
auto vir1
    iface vir1 inet dhcp
    pre-up ip link add link eth0 address 02:cd:ab:00:10:01 vir1 type macvlan
    post-down ip link delete vir1

auto vir2   
    iface vir2 inet dhcp
    pre-up ip link add link eth0 address 02:cd:ab:00:10:02 vir2 type macvlan
    post-down ip link delete vir2

But I got no network after a reboot.

Can someone help me on this? I am trying to get 3 different IP addresses from DHCP on my ethernet adapter so I can bind 3 services that use the same ports to 3 different IPs.

[Andyroo]

/etc/network/interfaces has effectively been dropped from Stretch and Buster unless you hack around removing dhcpcd and go back to network manager I think.

Does it have to be from DHCP or could you set static IP addresses?

If you can then try editing dhcpcd.conf:

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interface eth0
static ip_address=192.168.1.11/24
static routers=192.168.1.254
static domain_name_servers=192.168.1.253

interface eth0:0
static ip_address=192.168.1.12/24
static routers=192.168.1.254
static domain_name_servers=192.168.1.253

interface eth0:1
static ip_address=192.168.1.13/24
static routers=192.168.1.254
static domain_name_servers=192.168.1.253

If its http traffic, it makes more sense to handle the site naming correctly in virtual machines (well in Apache) on the same IP address. Lots less overhead.

[edgararroyo]

/etc/network/interfaces has effectively been dropped from Stretch and Buster unless you hack around removing dhcpcd and go back to network manager I think.

Does it have to be from DHCP or could you set static IP addresses?

If you can then try editing dhcpcd.conf:

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interface eth0
static ip_address=192.168.1.11/24
static routers=192.168.1.254
static domain_name_servers=192.168.1.253

interface eth0:0
static ip_address=192.168.1.12/24
static routers=192.168.1.254
static domain_name_servers=192.168.1.253

interface eth0:1
static ip_address=192.168.1.13/24
static routers=192.168.1.254
static domain_name_servers=192.168.1.253

If its http traffic, it makes more sense to handle the site naming correctly in virtual machines (well in Apache) on the same IP address. Lots less overhead.

Yes, unfortinately it needs to be DHCP.
And I need to get the IP address it gets assigned so I can bind the service, or can I use 0.0.0.0 for eth0, 0.0.0.1 for vir1, etc etc?

[epoch1970]

If you want multiple addresses specifically via DHCP, macvlan is a good option, however you have to look at the DHCPID the client sends to the server. If it is based on the MAC address, you'll get an IP 3 times. If it is the hostname or some other ID that belongs only to the node, you'll be served 3 times the same IP.

Raspbian uses dhcpcd as its DHCP client and network setup utility. Dhcpcd clashes with /etc/network/interface that frankly nobody should use anymore.

If you want to stay with the old clunky interfaces file, first add "denyinterfaces eth0" to /etc/dhcpcd.conf. Then check which DHCP client ifupdown calls and look for available options in case you don't get your multiple IP addresses but a single one.

If you choose to leave ifupdown and use dhcpcd, start by undoing anything you did in the interfaces file. That file should be empty of any interface declaration.
By default on Raspbian dhcpcd uses a DHCPID based on the MAC address, so that part should be good. What dhcpcd does not handle is interfaces creation.
You'd have to handle that part in something like /etc/rc.local or much better in /etc/systemd/network by creating .netdev unit files.
If you choose the best option, systemd, you'll need to enable systemd-networkd as the service is disabled by default on Raspbian Buster.

[epoch1970]

If you can then try editing dhcpcd.conf:

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...

interface eth0:0
static ip_address=192.168.1.12/24
static routers=192.168.1.254
static domain_name_servers=192.168.1.253

interface eth0:1
static ip_address=192.168.1.13/24
static routers=192.168.1.254
static domain_name_servers=192.168.1.253

Does this really work?

The "interface:label" syntax is something out of ifupdown. Since the interfaces file was structured around interface names came the invention of interface "aliases" to handle multiple IP addresses. I know "label" is still an option in "ip address add .... label ..." but AFAIK that's only supported to please the output of ifconfig (which only shows 1 IP per interface).

I thought dhcpcd didn't care at all about all that, and the only way to get multiple addresses was via something like adding adhoc ip commands in dhcpcd's exit-hook script?

[Andyroo]

Well not in Buster

I took my notes out of a Stretch Evernote build doc I had - wonder if it did work even then as I had set up virtual hosts on the web service

Let me open a new thread on multiple static IPs on one interface to keep it separate and blow my notes out of the water.

[edgararroyo]

This was actually more simpler than I thought!

On /etc/rc.local I added:

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# Create VLANs
ip link add link eth0 name eth1 address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx type macvlan
ip link add link eth0 name eth2 address yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy type macvlan

And I now have eth0, eth1 and eth2 (3 separate interfaces with different mac addresses and they all get their own IP)

On another note, I no longer need this But hey, it's good info.

Cheers!

[dazz100]

Hi
My reading on this is that the

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ip link add link 

code creates a vlan. That adds a tag to the packets so needs a vlan aware device to connect to.
I have just got this working:

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sudo ip address add 192.168.1.12/24 dev eth0

As an experiment, I added 3 IP addresses to eth0. I can ping all three from another raspi.

The command to remove an address is:

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sudo ip a del 192.168.1.12/24 dev eth0

I can confirm this works with Buster.

Dazz

[edgararroyo]

Thank you for your reply. I am aware of how to add IPs. Problem is I need to host on the IP addresses the same port.

IP1:80
IP2:80
IP3:80

The app is not smart enough to handle this, but it can handle different interfaces with a bind.

That's why I am using VLANs and it has been working ok.