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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
>>
>>
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