From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 26 16:44:28 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F5D216A4CF for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:44:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from thor.65535.net (thor.65535.net [216.17.104.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEB0143FB1 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:44:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rghf@fsck.me.uk) Received: from [212.228.151.253] (helo=bitch.localdomain) by thor.65535.net with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1APADg-0003di-TZ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:41:21 -0800 Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 00:45:24 +0000 (GMT) From: Rus Foster X-X-Sender: rghf@bitch.localdomain To: Ben Dover In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding new IP's without reboot? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 00:44:28 -0000 On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Ben Dover wrote: > Is there a way to add new IP=92s 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=92s with *nix and I was hoping there was a way to do this in FB= SD. > Hi, You can use something similar to the following ifconfig vr0 alias 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 Rus --=20 e: support@jvds.com | Linux + FreeBSD Servers from $12.50/mo e: sales@jvds.com | Full Root Access m: +44 7919 373537=09| Free Trial Account t: 1-888-327-6330 =09| http://www.jvds.com