From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 5 14:17:55 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ED321065712 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:17:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from raven.bwct.de (raven.bwct.de [85.159.14.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 890658FC1C for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:17:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de ([10.1.1.7]) by raven.bwct.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m85EHUh5003217 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:17:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from cicely7.cicely.de (cicely7.cicely.de [10.1.1.9]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m85EHOPS033220 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:17:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from cicely7.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely7.cicely.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m85EHOIk020692; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:17:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely7.cicely.de (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m85EHNNV020691; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:17:23 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:17:23 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Charles Beckham Message-ID: <20080905141723.GI17711@cicely7.cicely.de> References: <20080902154131.GH1089@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <20080902203809.GK1089@bunrab.catwhisker.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely7.cicely.de 7.0-STABLE i386 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, AWL=0.065, BAYES_00=-2.599 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on spamd.cicely.de Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, David Wolfskill Subject: Re: Obytes counter in netstat not incrementing X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:17:55 -0000 On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 05:22:10PM -0700, Charles Beckham wrote: > i've already made the changes to rc.conf, but since its a shared > machine and almost all addresses are in use, i'll have to schedule a > reboot before i can make changes effective, i will post a follwup > after i've made these changes. thanks for you assistance. Be carefull with the mask - the primary should match the network range. Just additional ones need to be /32. If you are using multiple network ranges then you need multiple primary ones. I'm not a friend of large aliases on Ethernet anyway, since it just creates large ARP tables and wastes addresses (broadcast, ...). What I normaly do is configuring additional addresses (not part of any LAN) on lo0. Then you just route those addresses to the host. Using LAN IPs is just a workaround when you can't route IPs or other special requirements exists. One of the special requirement might be that the clients are distributed on the same LAN, so you don't want to pass everything over a router. But the typical case for such a large number of addresses are internet services and in that case everything has to pass your router anyway. -- B.Walter http://www.bwct.de Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm.