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Thanks, the last bit about requiring domain names instead of IP addresses was the critical bit. I set up the hosts file on my local client to map a domain name to that IP address. Then I changed the site url and blog url to use that domain name. Now I can create a subdomain multisite installation.

I think the docs should mention that you can’t use IP addresses, no? I certainly came across no mention of that in the multisite instructions.

I’m a wp newbie but I can certainly change http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network to reflect this fact…