Thanks for that explanation, Steve. This is my first time doing much of anything with a server, so that’s all good to know!
John
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Your server can have multiple IP addresses. In fact, it almost certainly has an IP assigned to your NIC and a localhost address. But you could have multiple NICs in the machine and/or multiple IP addresses assigned to each NIC. This is very common - especially for web servers hosting several sites on different addresses. The addresses can be on different networks, as well.
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