On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Markus Illenseer wrote:

> >  ifconfig ed2 alias wwwtest.fqdn.de
> 
>  This works, Jukka Marin gave me the "final" hint. It is not possible
> to ping the alias-ed IP from the same host, from outside the same host, 
> you can access the new virtual address just fine.

route add wwwtest.fqdn.de localhost

Works for me..

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