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Date:      Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:40:16 -0600
From:      Vulpes Velox <kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com>
To:        "Ben Dover" <nuckingfutsto@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Adding new IP's without reboot?
Message-ID:  <20031126184016.49766e68.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com>
In-Reply-To: <Law11-F372feZvDUNnv00017011@hotmail.com>
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 19:32:54 -0500
"Ben Dover" <nuckingfutsto@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

Look into ifconfig. Webmin will also handle it. ifconfig the program used for
manipulating network interfaces. The man on it useful.


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