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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.wwa.com!buffnet2.buffnet.net!buffnet3!shovey From: shovey@buffnet.net (steve hovey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Virtual hosting (probably a FAQ) Date: 6 Dec 1995 18:49:57 GMT Organization: BuffNET Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4a4okl$f1@buffnet2.buffnet.net> References: <DJ2HsD.DFw@ritz.mordor.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: buffnet3.buffnet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Chris Mauritz (ritz@ritz.mordor.com) wrote: : I checked www.freebsd.org and the archives of this newsgroup : but couldn't find any definitive answer. What exactly are : the steps needed to allow one machine to answer to more : than one IP address on the same interface? I read "man ifconfig" : but it isn't that clear. : I'm assuming something like: : ifconfig ep0 inet new.ip.address alias netmask 0xffffffff I put it in a batch file called by rc.local - if is: ifconfig ed1 999.999.999.999 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias You cannot ping any of the aliased ips from the machine it is aliased on - but should be able to from any other machine. : in rc.local will do the trick, but that seems to break the : networking for my machine. (can't even ping itself) You probably had it right and snagged on the self ping business. ------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Hovey -- shovey@buffnet.net root@buffnet.net