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Date:      Thu, 30 May 1996 22:20:36 +0100
From:      Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Costa <costa@inner.cortx.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ifconfig
Message-ID:  <5701.833491236@palmer.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 30 May 1996 11:58:35 -0000." <Pine.BSF.3.91.960530115059.1020A-100000@inner.cortx.com>

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Costa wrote in message ID
<Pine.BSF.3.91.960530115059.1020A-100000@inner.cortx.com>:
> How many IP addresses (max number) can i bind to my ethernet card for 
> domain aliasing?

The current thinking is, if you have enough memory, the number of
aliases you can have is in the region of 2^32. i.e. the complete
Internet. I would, however, not recommend this. Mike Smith has tested
a machine with approx. 5,000 aliases on it and there were no problems.

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info



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