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To: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
Subject: Re: Multi host web server on FreeBSD
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> Use IP aliases, like so:
> ifconfig de0 inet <ip-address> netmask 255.255.255.255 alias
>
> This will add an alias address to an existing interface (de0 in this
> example). Note that the mask should be all 1-s.

why?  i keep seeing people do this and it just makes no sense to me.


b3n

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<nofill><smaller>> Use IP aliases, like so:
> ifconfig de0 inet <<ip-address> netmask 255.255.255.255 alias
> 
> This will add an alias address to an existing interface (de0 in this 
> example). Note that the mask should be all 1-s.

</smaller>why?  i keep seeing people do this and it just makes no sense to me.


b3n
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