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From: paul@egate.egate.net (Paul Andersen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ip aliases side effect
Date: 17 Jun 1996 04:38:39 GMT
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	My question is how many can you run anywayz? The FAQ's dont seem
	to show how many virtual systems you can run before it poops out..


J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
: kisnon@resolink.com (Kinson Chan) wrote:

: >   Anybody know that is there any bad side effect on making ip aliases
: > for virtual host?

: The system/network handling might slow down if you setup too many of
: them.

: ``Too many'' is likely to be in the 1000+ region. :-)

: -- 
: cheers, J"org

: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
: Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)