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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: adding a node
Date: 25 Feb 1996 23:58:59 +0100
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Dan Benjamin <dpb@magicnet.net> wrote:

>For example, the main server is frank.foo.com.  I want to set an ip up
>as jack.foo.com, even though there is no machine there.  I'd like this
>ip to be seen for mail, ftp, and http requests.

RTFM ifconfig(8).

Do also read this newsgroup.  Carefully, so that you won't forget to
add ``netmask 0xffffffff'' in case both addresses are in the same
network.
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)