From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 26 16:48:00 2003 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 F15C616A4CE for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:48:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.87]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A08343FDF for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:48:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paulbeard@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en1 [10.15.16.44]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id hAR0lxMH013425 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:47:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.8] (12-231-115-57.client.attbi.com [12.231.115.57]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin07/MantshX 3.0) with ESMTP id hAR0lxPd016485 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:47:59 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Message-Id: <5803B37A-2073-11D8-A47E-000A95BBCCF8@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: paul beard Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:47:57 -0800 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.606) Subject: Re: Adding new IP's without reboot? 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: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 00:48:01 -0000 X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 00:48:01 -0000 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 [at] mac.com