From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 9 18:50:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DFEF16A428 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2006 18:50:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail14.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail14.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D465243D45 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2006 18:50:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-19-236.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.19.236]) by mail14.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k39IoRnX004061 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:50:28 +1000 Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k39IoRCQ049556; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:50:27 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k39IoQTa049555; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:50:26 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:50:26 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: "M. Warner Losh" Message-ID: <20060409185026.GD720@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <17464.16087.217524.843667@bhuda.mired.org> <20060409005712.GA856@trit.org> <17464.30906.793504.199832@bhuda.mired.org> <20060409.095819.67883917.imp@bsdimp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060409.095819.67883917.imp@bsdimp.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using any network interface whatsoever X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 18:50:39 -0000 On Sun, 2006-Apr-09 09:58:19 -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: >I've actually run into all of these problems on a machine we have at >work that acts as a gateway to about 10-20 private networks. It has >had between 2-4 dual cards and 2-4 quad cards, in various mix and >match flavors over the years. We have several machines (for redundancy) that act as gateways into over 40 private networks. When there were only 4 networks, we used multiple NICs but decided this approach wasn't expandable and we now use VLAN trunks and break out the different networks within the switches. -- Peter Jeremy