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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-hub.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pen-14.sprintlink.net!news.rain.net!199.227.219.134 From: Christopher Darrell <qj@wlci.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Virtual Domain help please Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 13:57:42 -0500 Organization: Weblink Communications Lines: 20 Message-ID: <328B6BA6.41C67EA6@wlci.com> References: <E02tr9.FAM@eskimo.com> <32809A6F.5133@globaldialog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: atheria.europa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; BSD/OS 2.0 i386) Scott M. Trautman wrote: > > Mark Dreyer wrote: > > > > I have begun setting up to host virtual domains and have found all > > information necessary (I believe) with the exception of how to get my > > ethernet card to respond to two ip addresses. Can anyone help me with this? > > 1. alias the address to your ethernet adapter. CAUTION: be VERY careful > with the ifconfig command; you will be left high and dry if you forget > the alias at the end (trust me I know) > > ifconfig ef0 inet www.whatever.com netmask 255.255.255.0 alias > > -it may report "file already exists"/something like that. That is normal The 'file already exists' error isn't normal, make the netmask 255.255.255.255 to avoid it. -QJ