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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!pravda.aa.msen.com!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!netserv.com!pagesat.net!niia.net!usenet From: you@somehost.somedomain (Chris Knight) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Virtual hosting (probably a FAQ) Date: 17 Dec 1995 20:33:48 GMT Organization: Your Organization Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4b1urc$e2c@gold.niia.net> References: <DJ2HsD.DFw@ritz.mordor.com> <4a4okl$f1@buffnet2.buffnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pmm3-28.niia.net Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.14 In article <4a4okl$f1@buffnet2.buffnet.net>, shovey@buffnet.net says... > >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 Thanks!!!! After beating my head on my desk all day today, I finally have this working. >You cannot ping any of the aliased ips from the machine it is aliased on >- but should be able to from any other machine. Now I have to wonder if I'm doing this right... I can ping the machine's address, plus the two aliases I created today. All respond properly, as far as I can tell. -ck