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From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: setting up network virtual hosts (ifconfig)
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Jason Williams wrote:
> That seemed to have done the trick, manually. Im guessing, I could put 
> the same thing in my rc.conf file, but with proper syntax:
> 
> ifconfig_fxp0_alias0="inet 192.168.2.222 netmask 0xffffff
> 
> On a side note, if you set something up in rc.conf, how can you manually 
> start it without having to reboot?

The rc.conf configuration above could be manually done via:

     ifconfig fxp0 alias 192.168.2.222 netmask 0xffffff

Other changes to rc.conf may require you to to run a startup script-- check 
/usr/local/etc/rc.d-- or do something else, depending on what the change is.

-- 
-Chuck