From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 13 21:17:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0934F16A4CE for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 21:17:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relais.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca [24.201.245.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 564EF43D31 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 21:17:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from abid@saigol.biz) Received: from saigol.biz ([24.201.18.92]) by VL-MO-MR010.ip.videotron.ca (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I2E007OXOFD75@VL-MO-MR010.ip.videotron.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:14:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from Spooler by saigol.biz (Mercury/32 v4.01a) ID MO000D8F; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:14:04 -0400 Received: from spooler by saigol.biz (Mercury/32 v4.01a); Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:13:50 -0400 Received: from vgvlaptop1 (66.11.160.12) by saigol.biz (Mercury/32 v4.01a) with ESMTP ID MG000D8E; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:12:54 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:12:54 -0400 From: Abid Saigol To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <01e101c4817a$4d1d8530$6601a8c0@vgvlaptop1> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Do I need to setup an IP Alias X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 21:17:40 -0000 Hi, I am setting up a FBSD 5.2.1 box for use as an HTTP/SMTP server in a small office. We have a ADSL internet connection served through a Linksys router setup as the primary gateway on IP 192.168.1.1. Our ISP has allocated a non-filtered fixed IP address to us. I have set-up the FreeBSD box with a fixed IP of 192.168.1.50 subnet 255.255.255.0, and configured the router to place the server in the DMZ, i.e. direct all incoming traffic to it. My question is should I setup the FBSD machine to recognize the fixed internet IP address allocated to us by the ISP as an Alias on the interface card? Everything seems to work fine even I don't do this. Thanks for any advice. Abid