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Subject: Adding new IP's without reboot?
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Is there a way to add new IP’s to a FreeBSD 4.9 or 5.1 box without 
rebooting.  I add them to /etc/rc.conf but they are not effective until a 
reboot.  There are some webhosting assistant programs which allow instant 
use of IP’s with *nix and I was hoping there was a way to do this in FBSD.

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