From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 21 19:24:09 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBA5116A420 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:24:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [209.31.154.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6CE413C45A for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:24:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [209.31.154.41]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8094E4798A; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:24:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:24:09 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: "Eric L. Anderson" In-Reply-To: <20070721040009.GB21336@more.net> Message-ID: <20070721202327.T83919@fledge.watson.org> References: <20070720145932.GP6053@more.net> <20070720180546.X39675@fledge.watson.org> <20070721104525.44603382@localhost> <20070721040009.GB21336@more.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Max NFS mounts for a FreeBSD client? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:24:10 -0000 On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, Eric L. Anderson wrote: > I can not change lowfirst to any higher amount. I did change lowlast from > 600 to 1 and now I can mount more than 1000 NFS mounts. This is great but > what kind of side effects am I introducing by making this change? The risk, btw, is that those reserved ports may no longer be available for other use, as they may collide with other services you might want to have, especially if those services want to bind INADDR_ANY. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge