Re: ssh_config: Hostname with multiple IP addresses

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Say I had:

Host foo
Hostname 192.168.2.2 192.168.2.3

Do I end up at 192.168.2.2 randomly half the time, and 192.168.2.3 the rest of the time?

I find the man page unambiguous: HostName specifies the singular real host name to log into.  Alternatively, a singular IP address is permitted.

I can see how "Numeric IP addresses are also permitted" could be construed as meaning multiple addresses on the one line, but, that's an incorrect reading.  It really means, IP addresses can be used in HostName entries.

All of this fails to help the original question, which is how to specify multiple IP addresses.  The obvious answer to that is to put multiple A records into your local DNS.  If you don't have a local DNS or have no control over it, specify multiple Hosts in your config, one for each IP address.

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