From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 11:40:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DF4716A4CE for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:40:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1901043D48 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:40:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i0GJehfn062011 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 16 Jan 2004 19:40:43 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i0GJehub062010; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 19:40:43 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 19:40:43 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: niraj kumar Message-ID: <20040116194043.GC61683@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , niraj kumar , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, jwilliams@courtesymortgage.com References: <20040116175921.41718.qmail@web8307.mail.in.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZmUaFz6apKcXQszQ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040116175921.41718.qmail@web8307.mail.in.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: jwilliams@courtesymortgage.com Subject: Re: ip addressing in freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 19:40:52 -0000 --ZmUaFz6apKcXQszQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 05:59:21PM +0000, niraj kumar wrote: =20 > how many ip address can i assign to my single machine( maximum limit ).ho= w can i check this in freebsd thanks in advance nir= aj =20 There's no specific limit: the total number you could possibly support depends on the capacity of your hardware and how well you can tweak the kernel settings. Practically speaking, you could certainly support dozens, and maybe hundreds of addresses on a single machine. The only way you'll get any hard numbers is to run some experiments. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --ZmUaFz6apKcXQszQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFACD47dtESqEQa7a0RAgSZAKCK7Kqj08z3H1Cia4FpoKJxJSUSLQCfblOh nDPthdlwPlM3PpEILGfG+4s= =E5Ob -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZmUaFz6apKcXQszQ--