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Creating loopback addresses in a hosted environment
If you use a network router in the xSP configuration and you assigned a unique IP address to each hosted organization, you must create a loopback address for each hosted organization. The instructions vary by platform.

SUN Solaris

Enter these commands as the root user:

ifconfig <lo0>:1 plumb

ifconfig <lo0>:1 <hosted_company1_ip> <server_ip> up

ifconfig <lo0>:2 plumb

ifconfig <lo0>:2 <hosted_company2_ip> <server_ip> up

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ifconfig <lo0>:x plumb

ifconfig <lo0>:x <hosted_companyx_ip> <server_ip> up

IBM AIX

Enter this command as the root user:

ifconfig <lo0> alias <IP address of hosted organization> netmask 255.0.0.0

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

1. From the Windows NT desktop, right-click the Network Neighborhood icon, and choose Properties.

2. Click Adapters, choose Add, and select MS Loopback Adapter.

3. When the adapter has been added, click Protocols and select TCP/IP Protocol.

4. Select MS Loopback Adapter.

5. Click the "Specify an IP Protocols" tab, and enter the IP address for the HTTP cluster 9.95.87.142.

6. Enter the subnet mask 255.255.255.128 and click OK.

7. Restart the system.

Microsoft Windows 2000

1. From the Windows 2000 desktop, right-click the Network Neighborhood icon, and choose Properties.

2. Right-click the Ethernet adapter and choose Properties.

3. From the Adapter Properties box, double-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

4. Click Advanced.

5. Click Add to add an additional IP address. Accept the default subnet mask of 255.0.0.0.

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