Binding IPS (Installing IPS) On A Server

Binding is the process of telling your server that new IP addresses are suppose to work with your server.  If you own a
dedicated server, you need to make sure that all IP addresses that you are assigned by the data center are bound to your
machine.  Else they will not ping.

Install on a CPANEL server:

If you have access to a CPANEL/WHM account you do not have to mess with Linux at all.  You can bind directly from
the WHM interface, and in fact this is the only way you should ever do it (else you might break something).  To do this
you need the following information (the IPs you are installing and the netmask of those IPS).  Ask us what those settings
are, or ask us to install your IPs, it is not a problem.  Once you have that information go into your WHM and look for
the option NEW IP ADDRESS.

OK once you have found that simply insert the IPS you want to add either one at a time or all at once.  If you are adding
multiple IPS at once, for instance 216.50.50.9 through 216.50.50.15 you would enter them as 216.50.50.9-15
(with a dash like shown).  The WHM is smart enough to know what you mean.  Then enter the correct netmask setting
you have been provided and press submit.  You should be your IPS install.  If you get an error like "this IP already installed"
it usually means that someone a tech has already installed the specific IP address you are trying to install.  This is fine
and won't hurt anything. 

Install on Raw Linux

Most operating systems are based on RED HAT Linux and have the same type of IP setup (these instructions will work for
CentOS and Fedora).  The first step is to SSH into your operating system as root and then goto this directory:

/etc/sysconfig/network-script/

This is where are of your IP config filesd are located.  Use a text editor like pico or nano to take a quick look at the ifcfg-eth0
config file.  The key here and to all ip installs is to find out how many ips have already been installed on the server.  You
should see something like eth0 and eth1, etc, in the file.  The first IP address installed on the server is assignhed to eth0,
the next to eth1, eth2, etc.  It is important to determine this because you need to know what is the next number for eth##.    Let's
assume that you only see eth0 in that file and only have one primary ip address installed on the server.  This is the easiest
and most common case.  Let us also assume you want to install new IPS 64.50.1.5 through 64.50.1.12

First get out of the eth0 file and do no alter it.  Look in that directory for a file called

IPADDR_START=64.50.1.5
IPADDR_END=64.50.1.12
CLONENUM_START=1