Every Unix I've seen can do it too (plus NT and W2K). It's mainly used for
hardware virtual hosting (virtual hosting via IP instead of hostname where
one server needs to represent several sites) or in particular combinations
of High Availablilty solutions.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Pal / Patrik Bodin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 4:32 PM
> To: Salman Ghani
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: binding two IP's wilth a single nic???
>
>
> On 2001-02-05 22:12, Salman Ghani wrote to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] about...:
>
> SG> Hi there,
> SG>
> SG> Can two IP's be bind to a single nic in win2k. A friend
> of mine is telling
> SG> me its possible. I don't think any OS will allow that,
> but then again I work
> SG> on UNIX which sticks an IP to a single nic and have no
> exposure of win2k.
>
> Yes it can. It can in most OS's. Right now I'm typing this on
> a w2k with 4
> IP addresses on one NIC, in an SSH window connected to a
> FreeBSD box with 11 IP
> adresses on one NIC.
>
> Or do I misunderstand the question?
>
> /P
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