Re: new ip-alias in 1.3.59

Michael Brennen (mbrennen@fni.com)
Tue, 6 Feb 1996 08:26:14 -0600 (CST)


On Tue, 6 Feb 1996, Juan Jose Ciarlante wrote:

> _If_ the new alias belongs to the same eth0 logical network (eg a.b.c.0
> through eth0) when you send a pkt to a.b.c.d, it will be handled by
> eth0. This will result in an ARP request, and the ARP layer will complain
> "ARP request for own IP address".
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Is there a reasonable way around this? In particular it makes reviewing a
virtual Web site impossible from the same machine that the hosting is
done. That is the only place I can run lynx to check how it looks in a
text browser.

Michael