Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:48:47 -0500 (CDT) From: lgfausak@august.net (Greg Fausak) To: julian@elischer.org, lgfausak@august.net Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BPF usage questions Message-ID: <m13oUfP-002H0RC@gomer.august.net>
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> >Julian wrote> >>Greg Fausak wrote: >>> >>> FreeBSD Net Mail List: >>> >>>...deleted... >>> 1) Is it wise to use so many BPF devices? >>> >>> 2) Is there any way to increase the number of BPF devices beyond 255? >>> >>> and, finally, the real questions... >>> >>> 3) Is there some way I can listen on a single device and determine >>> what real device a packet comes in on and... >>> >>> 4) Has anyone done something like this? This is much like the >>> dhcp helper command on a cisco router. I'd like to be able to >>> serve DHCP for thousands of 'devices'. >> >>I hate to sound like a broken record, but archie and I have been looking >>at using netgraph for this. > >What is netgraph? whoops... Foot in mouth. I have done some research now and see this is great! Is there somewhere I can look at examples of ng implemented nodes? Specifically, I'd like to experiment with frame relay (DSL), multi-link (node multiplexing-demultiplexing) and vpn. Thanks, ---greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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