Subject: Re: Multiple IP's addresses
To: Stephane Legrand <stephane@lituus.fr>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-net
Date: 06/24/1996 08:16:24
On Mon, 24 Jun 1996 09:43:50 +0200 
 stephane@lituus.fr (Stephane Legrand) wrote:

 > Is it possible with NetBSD (or possibly with Sun OS 4.1.1) to allocate
 > several internet addresses to only ONE computer (without several network
 > devices) ?

Yah, interface aliases.  You can manually do this using:

	ifconfig ed0 inet alias 123.221.122.221

...for example.

Also, you may create a file called /etc/ifaliases which is in the format:

123.221.122.221 ed0

which will create the aliases at bootup.

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