Specific IP Address

[David A. Bayly]

>Hi Everyone -
>
>I have two different IP addresses on my server and am trying to set 
>it up so the first one runs Frontier and the second IIS for static 
>pictures and Gems.  My problem is that I have changed Frontier (or 
>so I thought) to only listen on the first IP using these 
>instructions:
>
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>
>IP address control: On Windows NT and PowerPC Macs, you can now 
>control the IP address that Frontier will listen on. To use this 
>feature with the built-in webserver, add a string named ip to 
>user.inetd.config http, containing the dotted IP address that you 
>want Frontier to listen on. Stop and restart the webserver to allow 
>the changes to take effect.
>
>From http://frontier.userland.com/changes/62 (under "Networking")
>
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>
>However, after I finish this process and go to start IIS on the 
>second IP, it tells me that the "Address is already in Use". 
>
>I do also have an email server running on the same machine, but on a 
>completely different port.  Tech support tells me they think that 
>Frontier is still mounting on the second IP.
>
>Are there other steps that I need to take to modify Frontier other 
>than those listed above?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>
>Ryan Hale
>Levi's Table
>Phone 636.561.3403
>ryan.hale at levistable.com
>


For what its worth, I'd never heard of this trick and  was 
sufficiently intrigued to try it out. I can confirm that it works in 
Frontier 8.0.5 on a Power Mac. running OS 9.1
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