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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!quack!quack.kfu.com!nsayer From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) Subject: Re: Virtual hosts/virtual IP Message-ID: <nCrpd1r@quack.kfu.com> Sender: news@quack.kfu.com (0000-News(0000)) Organization: The Duck Pond public unix, +1 408 249 9630, log in as guest. References: <3266101e.0@calvin.aspen-internet.net> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 22:52:41 UTC Lines: 26 simon@orac.office.onechip.co.uk (Simon Richardson) writes: >Apologies if this is a commonly asked question. >We would like to have one machine respond to maybe a dozen IP addresses, so >that we can run virtual websites. The machine we would like to do this feat >is running FreeBSD 2.1, and connected via an ethernet card. What we don't >want to do is hang a dozen serial/ethernet cards off it, so what we want is >to allocate a block of addresses to the one card. RTFM: ifconfig - the part that talks about 'alias'. >I believe we need something called a "virtual interface". Does such a beast >exist for FreeBSD? Short answer: yes, it's built in to the OS. Longer answer: No, FreeBSD doesn't support virtual interfaces because it doesn't need them. It is able to handle multiple IP addresses per Ethernet interface without any trouble. -- Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> | Anita Hill then, Paula Jones now. N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NORCAL.CA.USA.NOAM | +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest' | What goes around, comes around. URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/ |