From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 28 19:14:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 DE40316A469 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2005 19:14:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd01@dgmm.net) Received: from lon-mail-2.gradwell.net (lon-mail-2.gradwell.net [193.111.201.126]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECD7C43F59 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:44:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd01@dgmm.net) Received: from 82-39-75-228.cable.ubr02.jarr.blueyonder.co.uk ([82.39.75.228] helo=webmaker@asgard.uk) by lon-mail-2.gradwell.net with esmtp (Gradwell gwh-smtpd 1.190) id 4312061c.8f38.2f for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 28 Aug 2005 19:44:44 +0100 (envelope-sender ) From: dgmm To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 19:44:42 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <20050828182819.GA2941@skytracker.ca> In-Reply-To: <20050828182819.GA2941@skytracker.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200508281944.44416.freebsd01@dgmm.net> Subject: Re: running more than one server with one IP address X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 19:14:35 -0000 On Sunday 28 August 2005 19:28, David Banning wrote: > Is it possible to run more than one server(machine) with one IP > address? I have so many different server-applications running on my machine > I would like to divide them up. > > Maybe using one machine email only, or use one for certain websites, > and another for other websites. This would also allow me to take-down > one machines for maintenance when necessary, or use one machine for > more troubleshooting. I don't think you will be able to run different web sites from different machines if you only have one IP address (at least not easily). You can run different services on different machines though. > Wondering if someone could even direct me to the terminology that I am > looking for so I can google it. The terms you are looking for are port forwarding and Network Address Translation. I'm sure others can elaborate (or tell me I'm wrong) ;-) -- Dave