From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 13 7: 9:20 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from stuff.webintl.com (ns.webintl.com [209.248.144.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1490337B418 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 07:09:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.123.20] (adsl-66-136-237-161.dsl.ltrkar.swbell.net [66.136.237.161]) by stuff.webintl.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA01715 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:09:11 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: freebsd@mail.webintl.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <3BF01F2F.D166ACC3@lmco.com> References: <002f01c16b82$01f46940$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> <3BF01F2F.D166ACC3@lmco.com> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:09:10 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Albert Everett Subject: Re: Max number of NIC's and aliases Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Perhaps someone could answer the original question: are there any practical limits to the number of ip aliases one can add to a nic? The follow-on questions: does the routing solution do the right thing for setting up multiple SSL-enabled web sites, and if so, how do you do it? Albert >I beg to disagree. I have in the past set up a number of research >scenarios where it was desirable to use 'a ton of aliases' to create >a ton of subnets, each with different characteristics. These different >subnets are in turn routed through different devices downstream >based on their subnets. It is very convenient to use a subnet and >an alias to pick out a certain pathway through a maze of simulation >devices and nodes that are all interconnected. > >Rick > >Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> Because it's totally, completely stupid to put 64 aliases on a FreeBSD >> interface with you can simply route a /26 to it. >> >> Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com >> Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide >> Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Noor Dawod >> >Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 3:05 AM >> >To: Guido Fortunati >> >Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> >Subject: RE: Max number of NIC's and aliases >> > >> > >> >Hmm, quite interesting.. if there's a known bug in BIND as you say, why >> >no one fixes it? >> > >> >Noor >> > >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Guido Fortunati [mailto:zuez@smartdigitalinc.com] >> >Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 12:57 PM >> >To: 'Noor Dawod' >> >Subject: RE: Max number of NIC's and aliases >> > >> > >> >I don't think there's a limit for aliases. >> >But afaik, there's a bug when using BIND that prevents named from >> >starting >> >properly when there are more than 64 aliases on an interface. >> >Besides that, i don't think you'll have any problem using as many >> >aliases as you want. >> > >> >-guido >> > >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Noor Dawod >> >Sent: Lunes, 12 de Noviembre de 2001 07:45 a.m. >> >To: Ted Mittelstaedt; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> >Subject: RE: Max number of NIC's and aliases >> > >> > >> >And what about the aliases? How many aliases can FreeBSD or a NIC >> >handle? >> > >> >Noor >> > >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Ted Mittelstaedt [mailto:tedm@toybox.placo.com] >> >Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 12:25 PM >> >To: Noor Dawod; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > >Subject: RE: Max number of NIC's and aliases > > > > > > > > >No to both - but consider the speed of the average PCI bus. Your not > > >going to be able to keep a bunch of NICS in saturation on a PC, >> >espically 100Mbt full duplex ones. >> > >> >Ted Mittelstaedt >> >tedm@toybox.placo.com >> >Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's >> >Guide >> >Book website: >> >http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >> > >> > >> >>-----Original Message----- >> >>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> >>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Noor Dawod >> >>Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 4:40 AM >> >>To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> >>Subject: Max number of NIC's and aliases >> >> >> >> >> >>Hi, >> >> >> >>I have two questions to the list: >> >> >> >>1) is there a known number of NIC's that FreeBSD cannot handle anymore? >> >>2) is there a known number of aliases on one NIC that FreeBSD cannot >> >>handle anymore? >> >> >> >>Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >>Noor > > >> -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Everett - Web International, Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message