see my reply to your 'ifconfig remove eth0:1' message on the list... .. and comment out all the Listen and BindAddress directives! everything should work painlessly without any virtual host configuration.
pietro. > I'm moving our intranet onto a new box with address x.x.x.23 from an old > box with a x.x.x.247 address. > > I know very little about networking (I'm afraid everyone is accessing > the intranet via the full ip address rather than name), and I would like > to ask if it is possible to get the new box to run off both .23 and .247 > although it only has one NIC. Do I need to set up a Virtual Host in > apache? > > I've tried: > > ifconfig eth0:1 add x.x.x.247, and this shows up in the routing table > as: > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:47:06:D0:95 > inet addr:x.x.x.23 Bcast:x.x.x.255 > Mask:255.255.255.0 > EtherTalk Phase 2 addr:6/224 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:69790530 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:7724204 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:2942 carrier:0 > collisions:0 > > eth0:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:47:06:D0:95 > inet addr:x.x.x.249 Bcast:x.x.x.255 > Mask:255.255.255.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > In apache (1.3 version) I have set the following directives: > > BindAddress x.x.x.23 > BindAddress x.x.x.249 > > ServerName x.x.x.23 > Listen x.x.x.249 > > Thanks for ANY help! > Rory