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From: phil@zipmail.co.uk (Phil Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Virtual hosting (probably a FAQ)
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 18:41:09 GMT
Organization: Lan Systems
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shovey@buffnet.net (steve hovey) wrote:
>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
in /etc/netstart there is a mechanism which allows this and is a bit
cleaner than rc.local, simply create a shell file called
/etc/start_if.{interface name} and it will be called at boot up !
>You cannot ping any of the aliased ips from the machine it is aliased on
>- but should be able to from any other machine.
I have about 10 aliases IP's on my FBSD box and CAN ping all of them
from that box !!!!