The method you use to get the IP addreses in there is pretty much up to
you. I like the /etc/start_if.<interface> method. The interface you want
to bind the IP addresses to is probably the Ethernet inferface (xl0)
(unless you're doing strange things with loopback (lo0).. and that's up to
you :) or I just missed some details). Using IP addresses that end in 0
and 255 gets you a big slap on the wrist where I work hehe. We generally
try to avoid them to prevent any headache.
Hope I understood everything here correctly.
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, N.B. DelMore wrote:
>Just a couple of questions concerning multiple IP's. In searching through
>the archives I've seen references to binding the addresses to the NIC as
>well as the loopback, which is the proper method?
>
>The scenario I have setup is as follows, the server (xl0) has been assigned
>the IP address of yyy.yyy.yyy.8 and the I route an entire Class C to that
>interface in the router, e.g.
>ip route xxx.xxx.xxx.0 255.255.255.0 yyy.yyy.yyy.8
>
>I then added an entry in /etc/rc.local to run the following shell script:
>
>#!/bin/sh
>
>/sbin/ifconfig lo0 xxx.xxx.xxx.0 netmask 0xffffff00 alias
>/sbin/ifconfig lo0 xxx.xxx.xxx.1 netmask 0xffffffff alias
>/sbin/ifconfig lo0 xxx.xxx>xxx.2 netmask 0xffffffff alias
>
>through
>
>/sbin/ifconfig lo0 198.77.215.255 netmask 0xffffffff alias
>
>According to the feedback I recently received from Eric Futch
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, who was kind enough to respond privately to clarify his
>recent post, this (same) script if named /etc/start_if.lo0 will be run
>auto-magically on boot by rc.network.
>
>To recap, my questions are, which interface should be used to bind the ip's
>to and is it acceptable to bind .0 and .255 to the interface although by
>convention they shouldn't be used for anything.
>
>You feedback is greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>Noel
>
>
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