From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 6 18:15:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA09637 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 18:15:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sand2.sentex.ca (sand2.sentex.ca [209.167.248.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA09411 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 18:15:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from gravel (ospf-wat.sentex.net [209.167.248.81]) by sand2.sentex.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA29895 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 21:18:37 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19981106212103.00c287f0@sentex.net> X-Sender: mdtancsa@sentex.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 21:21:03 -0500 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Mike Tancsa Subject: Alias lo0 or real interface Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG One thing I am not clear on, when aliasing virtual interfaces for web hosting purposes, should one choose lo0 or a real interface like fxp0 ? I searched through the archives and lots of people mention or give examples of aliasing the loopback interface, but I havent seen any explantions as to why. Are there any pointers explaining this ? Thanks, ---Mike ********************************************************************** Mike Tancsa, Network Admin * mike@sentex.net Sentex Communications Corp, * http://www.sentex.net/mike Cambridge, Ontario * 01.519.651.3400 Canada * To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message