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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 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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