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Date:      Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:16:39 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Daniel Valencia <fetrovsky@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: multiple interfaces
Message-ID:  <20050818191639.GB28174@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20050818183655.22192.qmail@web53906.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20050818183655.22192.qmail@web53906.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 11:36:55AM -0700, Daniel Valencia wrote:
> Hello, everybody
>=20
> Is there any limit as of how many interfaces can
> freebsd handle? Im trying to build a switch in a PC
> box, putting multiple NICs and some software... The
> issue is, even though all of the cards work correctly
> by themselves, once I put them together, it doesnt
> matter what slots i use, I can never make more than
> two of them work.  For even though all the rest appear
> up as well, I cant ping neither them nor their peers
> (Im using crossover cables).

The software limit is 2^16-1.  It sounds like you are having hardware
issues.  I'd tend to guess interrupt routing issues.  I'd suggest
posting details to freebsd-questions or possibly freebsd-stable.

-- Brooks

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