Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 05:55:16 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Noor Dawod" <noor@comrax.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Max number of NIC's and aliases Message-ID: <002e01c16b81$a8831280$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <PHEBIOJOBJJLIIJCOINKKEBEEHAA.noor@comrax.com>
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Well, you can simply route 0.0.0.0 towards your FreeBSD system and now handle 4 billion addresses I guess... Seriously, I think your not completely understanding TCP/IP networking if your worried about aliasing a ton of IP numbers on a NIC. What is it that you believe that aliasing does, exactly? More to the point, what are you trying to accomplish? A s-load of virtual websites or something? If so, you don't alias for that kind of thing, you route. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Noor Dawod >Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 2:45 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: RE: Max number of NIC's and aliases > > >And what about the aliases? How many aliases can FreeBSD or a NIC >handle? > >Noor > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ted Mittelstaedt [mailto:tedm@toybox.placo.com] >Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 12:25 PM >To: Noor Dawod; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: RE: Max number of NIC's and aliases > > >No to both - but consider the speed of the average PCI bus. Your not >going >to be able to keep a bunch of NICS in saturation on a PC, espically >100Mbt >full duplex ones. > >Ted Mittelstaedt >tedm@toybox.placo.com >Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's >Guide >Book website: >http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Noor Dawod >>Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 4:40 AM >>To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>Subject: Max number of NIC's and aliases >> >> >>Hi, >> >>I have two questions to the list: >> >>1) is there a known number of NIC's that FreeBSD cannot handle anymore? >>2) is there a known number of aliases on one NIC that FreeBSD cannot >>handle anymore? >> >>Thanks in advance. >> >>Noor >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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