Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 17:26:45 -0700 From: "Patrick O. Fish" <patrick@pwhsnet.com> To: "Tom Wiebe" <twiebe@mac.com>, <isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: IP aliasing... Message-ID: <01a901c1f627$0895d880$0300a8c0@zeus> References: <FAE25136-6219-11D6-94B7-0030658FC1FC@mac.com>
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> Would I see a remarkable improvement if I were to add multiple NIC's > (something I'd prefer not to do right now, just to avoid the tangle of > wires growing to unmanageable proportions, if nothing else). ifconfig dc0(or whatever your ethernet card is) alias <another.ip> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Wiebe" <twiebe@mac.com> To: <isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 5:24 PM Subject: IP aliasing... > Hi all, > > Well, I've got my shiny new line installed and am starting to configure my > servers. At the moment, I'll have multiple services running on some boxes, > i.e. mail and web on the same box. > > I was thinking that it might be easier in the future if I ran these > services on separate IP's, so that I can easily move them to dedicated > boxes when required. > > My question is, is there any performance hit for IP aliasing as opposed to > just running both services off of the same IP. I don't imagine that I'd > see any performance improvement with this, but will I lose out. > > Would I see a remarkable improvement if I were to add multiple NIC's > (something I'd prefer not to do right now, just to avoid the tangle of > wires growing to unmanageable proportions, if nothing else). > > Is there strength to my logic, or am I being silly here? > > TIA > > Tom Wiebe > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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