Tom, I don't think that you can do that with /etc/hosts. It just searches sequentially and the first it matches would be returned. I think the Java call InetAddress::getAllByName() would apply to a DNS entry for a virtual host name that would map to multiple IP addresses. I haven't setup a DNS before but I'm sure the HOW-TO's should be clear on that. Hope this helps, Tuan On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote: > > Folks, > > I find myself in a bit of a quandary. I have four CPUs in a rack, each with > two ethernet cards, and therefore two IP addresses. My Client/Server > software would like to access each of the IP addresses as necessary > (redundancy, don't you know). My laptop running Linux has the following > /etc/hosts file: > > ------------begin file------------------------- > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > 192.9.205.0 NFCSTEST > > #Rack CPUs > 192.9.205.1 NFCS-1.NFCSTEST NFCS-1 > 192.9.205.2 NFCS-1.NFCSTEST NFCS-1 > 192.9.205.3 NFCS-2.NFCSTEST NFCS-2 > 192.9.205.4 NFCS-2.NFCSTEST NFCS-2 > 192.9.205.5 NFCS-3.NFCSTEST NFCS-3 > 192.9.205.6 NFCS-3.NFCSTEST NFCS-3 > 192.9.205.7 NFCS-4.NFCSTEST NFCS-4 > 192.9.205.8 NFCS-4.NFCSTEST NFCS-4 > > #Test Laptop > 192.9.205.13 C40NFCS.NFCSTEST C40NFCS > > ---------------end file----------------------------- > > My C/S code on the laptop is written in Java and I'm trying to get both IP > addresses for each machine. I am calling getAllByName() to do this, but I > never get more than one IP address returned, whether I use a name or IP > address as an argument. > > I assume at this point that I have mis-created the /etc/hosts file for this > purpose, but I can't seem to find either a man page or a HOW-TO that tells > me how to properly access it. > > Can someone out there help me? > > > > In Harmony's Way, and In A Chord, > > Tom :-}) > > +-----------------------------------------------------+ > | Thomas A. Condon email: tcondon@kpt.nuwc.navy.mil | > | Computer Engineer phone: (360) 315-7609 | > | Barbershop Singer Sailor and Singer of Chanteys | > | Left Handed and In My Right Mind | > +-----------------------------------------------------+ > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
