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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Multiple IP on single interface
Date: 23 Aug 1995 13:06:55 +0200
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Nik Clayton <Nik.Clayton@brunel.ac.uk> wrote:

>: What is the maximum number of multiple IPs that can be set up on one
>: network interface?
>
>Dunno.

I don't think there is any; it's maintained in a linked list.  Perhaps
performance will suck if there are too many.
-- 
cheers, J"org                      private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
                                   http://www.sax.de/~joerg/

Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)