Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:36:53 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ethernet Card Limitations to Number of Connections? Message-ID: <20070613213653.034884b5@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <20070613152957.c0562886.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <17838240D9A5544AAA5FF95F8D52031602171721@ad-exh01.adhost.lan> <20070613152957.c0562886.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:29:57 -0400 Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: fine. > > A single IP address is limited to ~65,000 connections Just to clarify, that's a limitation on outgoing connections, rather than all connections. >due to the nature of IP networks. I think it's more of a stack implementation issue, I don't think there's any intrinsic reason why two outgoing connections couldn't share the same port.
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