On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 22:05 -0800, Kev askme wrote: > --- "John A. Sullivan III" > <jsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > <snip> > Thanks for the "dummified" explanation. That is very > clear and concise. :) So I just need my ISP to > statically assign the public IP addresses to me and > then add the addresses to my external interface using > the ip command and then the external interface will > answer for all ip addresses on the external interface? > Or do I need to add aliases for each address, or is > that essentially what the ip command is actually > doing? You've got it! Yes, adding addresses to the interface with ip is the successor to aliasing - John <snip> -- John A. Sullivan III Open Source Development Corporation +1 207-985-7880 jsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Financially sustainable open source development http://www.opensourcedevel.com
