Search Again: Re: benefits of second IP address on one machine? From: Men & Mice Support Date: Monday, May 10, 1999 Time: 8:27:00 am >I've been noticing folks piping up about using secondary IP addresses. What >are some of the benefits? Cons? > >If it'll let me run two SMTP servers (EIMS & LetterRip) on the same machine >then I'll happily give up one of my 16 IP addresses to become a secondary >address. For this to work, both programs need to be configurable to use only a specific address. To the best of my knowledge, this is the case with neither LetterRip nor EIMS. >And if I am correct I can use VicomSoftRouter to setup the secondary address >in an easy to use window. I don't care for editing files with SimpleText. As I understand it, SoftRouter actually routes incoming requests to the default address of the machine. Therefore, even if an application were set up to differentiate between addresses, it would see everything as coming from the one address. I agree that the user interface for setting up Apple's secondary address scheme leaves something to be desired. However, it is far simpler than the interface for the same task under Linux, for example. ________________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice cbuxton@menandmice.com http://www.menandmice.com

Messages In This Thread: benefits of second IP address on one machine? by Donovan Watts on May 9, 1999 at 9:56:00 pm Re: benefits of second IP address on one machine? by Jona Tallieu (T & T n.v.) on May 9, 1999 at 10:29:00 pm Re: benefits of second IP address on one machine? by Men & Mice Support on May 10, 1999 at 8:27:00 am