[SunHELP] IPs route

[Mike's List]

oh btw, it's not necessary just web (apache) but for any traffic as well...
(ie. telnet/ftp/sendmail/etc.)

- Mike


On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Tim Bell wrote:

> Mike --
> Let me see if I can break this down to you.
> 
> > is it possible to have www.mike.com to be 
> > 10.10.10.1 (on one card) and 210.10.105.1 
> > (on the other card)?   
> YES - simplest way is to leave apache at the default 
> (Assuming your using apache) config binded to port 80.
> Anything trying to reach port 80 via either ip address 
> will be served your website (mike.com).
> 
> >which IP/network would a user get when attempting
> >to get to my machine?
> The user will hit whatever is served up by a revolver. If you
> set mike.com in a DNS round-robin the user will get either 
> or IP (although I have found that they most likely get the first 
> IP listed in the DNS round-robin). If one of those IP's fail,
> 50-50 results will occur when people try to reach your site. 
> And as Mr Chase has mentioned - "In your case they'd get whichever 
> IP their dns server resolved to, which you might not have much 
> control over, due to intermediate servers along the way caching 
> the results." If your confidant that these DSL and cable connections are
> reliable, continue - if not, I would think twice about your whole
> scheme.
> If you would like I can host your site for $50 bucks and a six pack (per
> year)(dns hosting, pop3/imap email, ftp access, yadda, yadda, yadda) as
> long as it's not a porn site (SSL would be extra). I own part of a small
> hosting company -- that's how I can offer it so cheap.
> 
> > PS - do I also need to do anything special on the Solaris box?
> > /etc/defaultrouter or such? containing two gateways?
> 
> Add the route to your system's routing table.
> -Routing with Solaris-
> http://www.enteract.com/~lspitz/routing.html
> 
> Timmy!
> p.s. wish me luck - moving back to Cali today to start a new
> position (so-long dotcoms, hello b2g).
> 
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