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From: Ian Fink <fink@arlut.utexas.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Setting up BSDI for Multi-Homing...
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 10:48:58 -0600
Organization: Applied Research Laboratories - The University of Texas at Austin
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cfrezza@bbs.industrynet.net wrote:
> 
> Hello all, I hope this is the right group to be posting this in...if
> not, I apologize.  I have a BSDI machine running on a HP Netserver
> machine I need to do multi-homing on.  I need the machine to listen for
> more than 1 IP.
> 
> Right now I have the machine running as a dedicated Webserver for my
> libraries that I administer, but I need it also to accept calls for my
> other domains I setup too.  Also, they have to be able to use Frontpage
> <DOH!>
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated.
> 
> Chris Frezza
> cfrezza@industrynet.net / www.camaroz28.com

I got this off the BSDI homepage:

Q. How do I add another IP address alias for an ethernet interface? 
 
    ifconfig ef0 inet 192.124.139.2 # configure interface 
    ifconfig ef0 192.124.139.100 alias # add an alias 

You can just alias the other IP number you need to listen on :)

Ian Fink
fink@arlut.utexas.edu