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Date:      Fri, 6 Nov 1998 18:25:11 -0800 (PST)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Alias lo0 or real interface
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.981106182336.25452B-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981106212103.00c287f0@sentex.net>

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On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Mike Tancsa wrote:
> 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 ?

If you alias loopback then you need to manually add arp entries too, 
if you alias the real interface the arp entries are automatically added
for you.

Not sure what advantage there is in using lo0

Dan
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 Dan Busarow                                                  949 443 4172
 Dana Point Communications, Inc.                            dan@dpcsys.com
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