C Wells wrote:

> If the ip addesses are secondary addresses, how can
> you bind a port to a secondary address? 

You bind to primary addresses the same way you bind to virtual addresses. 
The code won't know the difference.

> If you are logged on the box and request 127.0.0.1:161 what will
> happen?  

If something is listening on 127.0.0.1:161 it will receive the request.

> Won't the box itself say 'address already in use' if you try to run the snmpd 
> process on the same port  ?

Not as long as you use different addresses.


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