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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!hookup!gatech!psuvax1!news.math.psu.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!gail.ripco.com!dr From: dr@ripco.com (David Richards) Subject: Ifconfig alias- limits? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: rci.ripco.com Message-ID: <DJKByK.AM9@rci.ripco.com> Sender: usenet@rci.ripco.com (Net News Admin) Organization: Ripco Internet BBS, Chicago References: <DJ2HsD.DFw@ritz.mordor.com> <4a4okl$f1@buffnet2.buffnet.net> <818451011.18285@kiss.demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 06:13:32 GMT X-Ident-Sender: dr Lines: 21 >>: ifconfig ep0 inet new.ip.address alias netmask 0xffffffff > >I have about 10 aliases IP's on my FBSD box and CAN ping all of them >from that box !!!! Under NetBSD, after I add more than ~30 aliases to a single NIC, the system becomes unstable. Is there a similar limitation in FreeBSD 2.1? If so, is there a tunable parameter somewhere to increase the limit? Thanks, Dave -- David Richards Ripco Communications Inc. My opinions are my own, Public Access in Chicago But they are available for rental FREE Usenet and Email dr@ripco.com (312) 665-0065