On 26 Apr 2001 14:29:23 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.net you wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>> I remeber there being some sort of issue with large number of
>> interfaces, however I think it was trivial to fix and may have
>> already been.
>
>Actually no; at least not in 4.2-R. See the following PR:
>
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=11525
>
>Those issues weren't exactly related to performance (bandwidth),
>but they can cause a lot of network functions (rpc, mrouted, etc.)
>to either not working correctly, or not working at all when you
>have dynamically attached Ethernet interfaces (PCMCIA NICs) plus
>a lot ( > 32) of virtual interfaces (gif, tun).
Thanks! These are the sorts of issues I was worried about! Actually, I
could probably live with a 30 interface box. It would still be 80% cheaper
for me to build two 30VLAN FreeBSD boxes than one equiv Cisco router or
switch.... Cheaper to maintain as well.
---Mike
Mike Tancsa ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sentex Communications Corp,
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
"Given enough time, 100 monkeys on 100 routers
could setup a national IP network." (KDW2)
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