Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:47:57 -0800 From: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding new IP's without reboot? Message-ID: <5803B37A-2073-11D8-A47E-000A95BBCCF8@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <Law11-F372feZvDUNnv00017011@hotmail.com> References: <Law11-F372feZvDUNnv00017011@hotmail.com>
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On Nov 26, 2003, at 4:32 PM, Ben Dover wrote: > Is there a way to add new IP=92s to a FreeBSD 4.9 or 5.1 box without=20= > rebooting. I add them to /etc/rc.conf but they are not effective=20 > until a reboot. There are some webhosting assistant programs which=20 > allow instant use of IP=92s with *nix and I was hoping there was a way=20= > to do this in FBSD. > This question was the basis for a useful thread a week ago: googling or=20= sifting through the archives should turn up some useful information. I think every variant of UNIX supports this with ifconfig: something=20 like this (depending on your interface device name). [/usr/home/paul]:: ifconfig xl1 192.168.2.100 up -- Paul Beard <paulbeard.no-ip.org/movabletype/> paulbeard [at] mac.com
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