Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:44:31 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Mike Grommet <mgrommet@insolwwb.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Virtual Hosting with FreeBSD vs BSDI Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811161543500.17775-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <000501be0f50$83ee85c0$0cf896d0@grommet.insolwwb.net>
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On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Mike Grommet wrote: > Hi guys. Chalk one up for the good guys. I convinced management > to let me set up a freebsd box for virtual web hosting when we discovered we > were over our licensing on our BSDI servers. > > Quick question: > > When setting up virtual hosts on BSDI, I use this type of > setup > ifconfig lo0 alias <ip quad> > and then a > arp -s blah blah blah > > Now from what I see in the freebsd list and such is that to set up the ip > situation, I just need to do this in the rc.conf > ifconfig_vx0_alias0="inet <IP QUAD> netmask 255.255.255.0" ^ This should be 255.255.255.255 if the alias is on the same network as the primary IP. > I note two major differences here, first the bsdi aliases the loopback > where freebsd does a direct alias to the network device... > > also bsdi wants me to do an arp -s... FreeBSD manages the arp table automatically. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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