From Bill Cole, received 1/11/01, 8:03 pm -0500 (GMT): > At 3:33 PM +0000 11/1/01, Steve Linford imposed structure on a > stream of electrons, yielding: >>From Bill Cole, received 1/11/01, 8:18 am -0500 (GMT): >>> At 10:57 AM +0000 10/31/01, Steve Linford imposed structure on a >>> stream of electrons, yielding: >>>>From Cerebus the Aardvark, received 30/10/01, 10:49 pm -0700 (GMT): >>>>> and tell your OS X box >>>>> to use a second internal IP. >>>> >>>>Aha! Somebody knows how to do this then... please could you tell me >>>>as I haven't working it out yet. >>> >>> ifconfig doesn't work? >>> >>> I admit to not using X much yet because I haven't had time to work >>> out some networking details I need here, but I'd be really surprised >>> if you can't just toss another virtual interface in as you can with >>> (almost) any other Unix >> >>Trouble is, to me unix is all chinese (I have CommuniGate Pro >>running on OSX but only by miracle). It's not just me understanding >>what 'ifconfig' is, I'm trying to understand where/how one gets to >>it and what one does when one gets to it... (I assume it a terminal >>thing) > > > yes, but it's not hard. Get a terminal window open and type "man > ifconfig" for details.
OK, I'll read the ifconfig manual and see if I understand what to type (these unix manuals kind of read like this to me: "...the parphen of the futumpen-schnutzel is used to beluvicate the woofbang, where the woofbang must be specified as a heffalump string with a jellyfish...") -- Steve Linford Ultradesign Xtreme Network http://www.uxn.com ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
