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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!SoNet!news From: chris@aladdin.net (Chris Cain) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: ifconfig alias command??? Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 22:31:31 GMT Organization: Aladdin Internet Lines: 24 Message-ID: <48j2jq$bi3@alpha.aladdin.co.uk> References: <Pine.OSF.3.91.951113190701.27487B-100000@hubble.sheridanc.on.ca> Reply-To: chris@aladdin.net NNTP-Posting-Host: me.aladdin.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99b.112 On Tue, 14 Nov 1995 00:11:19 GMT, john andy bain <bainjohn@hubble.sheridanc.on.ca> wrote: >I am trying to run multiple www domains on the same server. >I have downloaded apache, and I used the ifconfig command to setup an alias >IP address for the same ethernet card. >It seemed to work, but I cannot ping or telnet to the alias address. >Ping and telnet works with the original address. > >I really need some help on this, and any help would be greatly appreciated. > >Andy. > for some reason you have to include a netmask in the alias command or it wont work. ie ifconfig we0 alias 111.222.111.2 netmask 255.255.255.255 works fine Chris