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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!news.mid.net!news.dra.com!netaxs.com!op.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!picard.chickasaw.com!picard.chickasaw.com!smcmahon From: Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@chickasaw.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix Subject: Re: Virtual Host Problems Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 10:50:46 -0500 Organization: Chickasaw Nation Net Lines: 34 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960724104453.775B-100000@picard.chickasaw.com> References: <31F091E6.2C1D@peacenet.com> <31F4CF04.34B4@pulsenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: picard.chickasaw.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Paul Sivie <psivie@pulsenet.com> In-Reply-To: <31F4CF04.34B4@pulsenet.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4372 comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix:17011 On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Paul Sivie wrote: > This is what BSDI Tech Support told me: > > ifconfig INTERFACE IPADDR alias [ where INTERFACE is an ethernet interface ] > route add -host IPADDR 127.0.0.1 > > or > > ifconfig lo0 IPADDR alias > arp -s IPADDR ETHERADDR pub > > > You should do only one of this method and not mix them. [some text deleted for brevity] > My problem is that the virtual domains can be ping from ANYWHERE > except the server that is hosting them! Go figure. That's because you did only one of them, and not both. Here's what we use for several domains, and it works perfectly: ifconfig lo0 IPADDR alias arp -s IPADDR ETHERADD pub route add IPADDR 127.1 They can be pinged from anywhere. Shawn McMahon | Smokesignals Computer Company Senior System Operator | Southern Oklahoma's Internet Service Provider Chickasaw Nation Net | 405 332-0033 http://www.chickasaw.com