Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 07:59:48 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Anton Alin-Adrian <aanton@reversedhell.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how many IP aliases Message-ID: <20040527145948.GA30789@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <40B5E73E.9000708@reversedhell.net> References: <40B5E73E.9000708@reversedhell.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 04:03:58PM +0300, Anton Alin-Adrian wrote: > Hi guys. > > Can anyone tell me what is the limit for how many IP aliases can be setup > on the same ethernet card? > > Is there a global limit for the total number of aliases in the OS? > > To be clear: one needs 128 IPs (for irc vhosts) to be setup on one server. > Is that impossible? Addresses are attached to an interface in a linked list so there may be some inefficenies, but I don't see any reason why 128 IPs shouldn't work. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAtgJkXY6L6fI4GtQRArqNAKCo4BRkDF3jEsxg7vEo0sPbgrD20QCgtUWS K1LNbIcV8Py8wD+6Ere2esc= =loYQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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