From owner-freebsd-isp Tue May 7 18:33:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [204.179.120.86]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9892637B40F for ; Tue, 7 May 2002 18:33:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-relay04-en1.mac.com (smtp-relay04-en1 [10.13.10.223]) by smtpout.mac.com (8.12.1/8.10.2/1.0) with ESMTP id g481X5EM023803 for ; Tue, 7 May 2002 18:33:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from asmtp02.mac.com (asmtp02-qfe3.mac.com [10.13.10.66]) by smtp-relay04-en1.mac.com (8.12.1/8.12.1/1.0) with ESMTP id g481Wx2J022477 for ; Tue, 7 May 2002 18:32:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([149.99.59.130]) by asmtp02.mac.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 asmtp02 Jun 21 2001 23:53:48) with ESMTP id GVRQYZ00.AD4 for ; Tue, 7 May 2002 18:32:59 -0700 Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 18:32:57 -0700 Subject: Re: IP aliasing... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v481) From: Tom Wiebe To: isp@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <01a901c1f627$0895d880$0300a8c0@zeus> Message-Id: <86DBF1E2-6223-11D6-94B7-0030658FC1FC@mac.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.481) Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Sorry, perhaps I wasn't clear. I know how to accomplish this. I was inquiring as to the wisdom of this course of action. Will I sleep well at night, knowing I have configured things in a god-like fashion, or will I be the subject of so much snickering behind my back by those well steeped in the black art of unix administration. :-? Tom On Tuesday, May 7, 2002, at 05:26 PM, Patrick O. Fish wrote: > >> 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message