Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:44:31 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Mike Grommet <mgrommet@insolwwb.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Virtual Hosting with FreeBSD vs BSDI Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811161543500.17775-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <000501be0f50$83ee85c0$0cf896d0@grommet.insolwwb.net>
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On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Mike Grommet wrote:
> Hi guys. Chalk one up for the good guys. I convinced management
> to let me set up a freebsd box for virtual web hosting when we discovered we
> were over our licensing on our BSDI servers.
>
> Quick question:
>
> When setting up virtual hosts on BSDI, I use this type of
> setup
> ifconfig lo0 alias <ip quad>
> and then a
> arp -s blah blah blah
>
> Now from what I see in the freebsd list and such is that to set up the ip
> situation, I just need to do this in the rc.conf
> ifconfig_vx0_alias0="inet <IP QUAD> netmask 255.255.255.0"
^
This should be 255.255.255.255 if the alias is on the same network as the
primary IP.
> I note two major differences here, first the bsdi aliases the loopback
> where freebsd does a direct alias to the network device...
>
> also bsdi wants me to do an arp -s...
FreeBSD manages the arp table automatically.
Doug White
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