Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 16:28:47 +0300 (EEST) From: Alexander V Zubchenko <stalker@hermes-comp.zp.ua> To: "RAFT, MICHAEL E (SWBT)" <mr4785@sbc.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Multiple BPFs Message-ID: <20020606162629.Y58162-100000@server.hermes-comp.zp.ua> In-Reply-To: <0A658CB656B68B4589C7F937444155D401959FD9@TXSNA09MSGUSR03.ITServices.sbc.com>
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Greetings! On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, RAFT, MICHAEL E (SWBT) wrote: > Is there a way in FreeBSD 4.5 to initialize more than the standard 4 BPFs. > I have set up a FreeBSD box to run as a nessus scanner and frequently get > "no free bpf" warnings. I have tried putting a number after the > pseudo-device bpf line in my kernel config but that didn't work. Thanks in > advance.... > > Mike > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > I'm not sure (i'm running fbsd 4.3), but man said that default is 16. Mayb you forgot something like this: cd /dev ./MAKEDEV bpfXX I made 16 devices (bpf0-15) and simultaneously run 11 tcpdump's (some i'v already have in background for logging purposes)... Hopefully, this may help Alexander To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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