Hello Neil Herber. At 16:13 -0400 20.08.2002, you wrote: >I have a vague recollection that it is possible to bind two separate >IP numbers to a single physical interface (sometimes called >multi-homing) on OS 8.6 and above. It makes use of a "secondary >address file".
Yes, this is indeed possible. I tried it once with Tenon's WebTen (which likes to use it's own TCP/IP "stack", rather than OpenTransport). It works, but the two addresses can't properly talk to each other. Tenon has (had?) instructions on their web site how to fix this, but I never succeeded. My work-around was to install a second physical interface into that server, and OpenTransport used one, Tenon's stack the other. No problem to have them communicate to each other that way. Multihoming has actually nothing to do with the number of IP addresses you have. WebTen from Tenon can have a big number of web sites all on the same TCP/IP address, but all are separate. I don't know how it works, but it does. Of course, you can have an own TCP/IP address for every web site you host - but who wants this and why? Best wishes, Christian -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Hilfe f�r Strassenkinder in Ghana: <http://www.chance-for-children.org> ############################################################# 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]>
