I only have 1 main IP address (actually 5, but only one is used), and I host a number of domains for web space and mail.... I use Apache, and Qmail.... Both are really good for Virtual Hosting....
Matthew On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, Ian Eure wrote: > On Wed, Jul 01, 1998 at 02:55:39PM +0000, Andy Spiegl wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I am currently setting up a Mail and Webserver (hamm, 2.0.33). I have got > > a whole package of 256 IP addresses that I want to assign to this server. > > In the NET-3-HOWTO I read that I have to set it up like this: > Why do you want to give the machine 256 ips? It's pointless unless you do > webhosting, and there are better ways of doing that eg with apache's > <VirtualHost> setup. > > The script you've shown should work, but a quicker way to do it would be: > > for ip in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... > do > ifconfig eth0:$ip xxx.xxx.xxx.$ip netmask 255.255.255.0 > done > > you do not need the route add -net after each eth0 alias. > > > > [stuff deleted] > > > > What I want seems to work this way, but I can't imagine that this > > is the right way to do it. And if I will ever get another subnetwork > > to add, how would I add it using the above method? I found that > > eth0:255 is the highest possible virtual network number. So I > > couldn't add any more? > > > > All you network-gurus: Please give me a hint or any pointer as > > to where I can find more info on that. > > -- > ______________________________________________________________ > | ian eure, network admin, freelance security consultant, and | > | manically depressed paranoid schizophrenic, at your service. | > ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://minion.org ; > : raw speed = 105.6 wpm with 4.5% errors : > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null