Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 18:29:12 +0800 (TSD) From: "Victor A. Sudakov" <vas@vas.tomsk.su> To: softweyr@xmission.com (Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NT4 ISP Message-ID: <199706181029.SAA00258@vas.tomsk.su> In-Reply-To: <199706172121.PAA26237@xmission.xmission.com> from "Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC" at "Jun 17, 97 03:21:46 pm"
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Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC wrote: > > And in my /etc/rc.local: > > > > /sbin/ifconfig lo0 inet 192.168.1.1 alias > > > > What is the reason of recommending against this assignment? What is wrong > > with it? Note the "alias" parameter I use. Thus, lo0 has two addresses. > > > > It works fine, I can ping vas.tomsk.su even if I am offline. It does not > > prevent me from using ppp because 192.168.1.1 is associated with lo0 and has > > nothing to do with tun0. > > But it really didn't add any value. In fact, it did. I was looking for a solution to get rid of the "My hostname does not seem to exist" problems and to allow my users to use talk. This solution with aliasing worked for me. I even think it was prompted by someone on this list. > You can simply achieve the same > result by adding your "hostname" as an alias to the standard loopback > address in /etc/hosts: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost vas.tomsk.su > > Now you can ping vas.tomsk.su, it will resolve to the the standard loopback > address, and you don't need to create a virtual network that isn't there. Yes, I think your solution is better than the previous one. Even worth mentioning in some sort of FAQ. It is not so obvious though. I wish you had told me before. There was yet another solution. Someone on this list suggested I should install an ethernet card and associate my hostname with it :-) This would be an ethernet network consisting of one node :-) -- Victor Sudakov http://www.tomsk.su/r/persons/vas.htm
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