Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:49:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding IP Addresses to a FreeBSD box Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109191248320.64123-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <x7sndjw3qq.fsf@onceler.kciLink.com>
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On 19 Sep 2001, Vivek Khera wrote: > >>>>> "BNH" == Brent N Hunter <brentnhunter@yahoo.com> writes: > > BNH> Do you know what file or files need to be changed to > BNH> get a new IP address onto a FreeBSD box? (to host web > BNH> pages on multiple domains) > > Firstly, you don't need multiple IP addresses to host multiple domains > these days. I can't think of anyone that would be using a web browser > that doesn't work with name-based virtual hosts. Simply configure > your web server to use virtual hosts determined via the name with > which they are accessed. > > The only time I've come across when you must have multiple IPs is for > hosting multiple SSL secured sites at different host names. True. However, many web search engines will only cache the first name-based host that resolves to an IP and will ignore the rest. This can be quite a problem if clients are paying for web search engine exposure and they're not getting it. -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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