Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 17:52:06 +1000 From: David Nugent <davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au> To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> Cc: John Gunkel <jgunkel@tbf.net>, "'freebsd-isp@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: virtual hosts through gateway to dummy net device Message-ID: <199704290752.RAA29666@labs.usn.blaze.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 29 Apr 1997 13:44:34 %2B1000." <Pine.BSF.3.91.970429134130.237A-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
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> > the device name is lo1, (the second loopback device: NOT 127.0.0.1) > > is configured in a similar way to lo0 except that it has the address > > 192.168.2.1 whereas ed0 has the address 192.168.1.1 and works > > beautifully. > > Why use lo1? I use lo0 quite happily. Yep, me too. > # ifconfig lo0 127.0.0.1 > > # ifconfig lo0 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffffff alias > .... > # ifconfig lo0 192.168.1.254 netmask 0xffffffff alias > > # route add 192.168.1.0 127.0.0.1 > > On other machines, add a route to 192.168.1.0/24 via your machine's > ethernet IP address. Of course, if you are using subnets, adjust the > netmasks accordingly. For subnets, you might run into a little difficulty. The 0xffffffff mask is "magic" for ip aliases. Using a different netmask may complicate the issue. It is probably necessary to establish permanant arp entries for the aliases. David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/
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