Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 12:05:37 +0545 From: Bikrant Neupane <bikrant_ml@wlink.com.np> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maximum tun devices Message-ID: <200509011205.37877.bikrant_ml@wlink.com.np> In-Reply-To: <200509011144.56768.bikrant_ml@wlink.com.np> References: <200509011144.56768.bikrant_ml@wlink.com.np>
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Well, I found the answer :) sh /dev/MAKEDEV tun256 tun500 Bikrant On Thursday 01 September 2005 11:44, Bikrant Neupane wrote: > Hi, > > I am using FreeBSD 4.9 as PPPoE Concentrator. This system has to server > 500+ pppoe clients. Initially there were only four tun devices in the > system. I added more tun devices. However I could not add more than 255 > tunnel devices. > > mknod /dev/tun256 c 52 256 > mknod: major or minor number too large > > Do I need to add support for more than 255 tun devices in kernel or do I > need to use some other major number for tunnels higher than 255 ? > Please suggest. > > Thanking you, > Bikrant > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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