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From: Robert Sanders <rsanders@mindspring.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Virtual Interface drivers
Date: 15 Sep 1995 01:06:30 -0400
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In-reply-to: Keith Smith's message of 15 Sep 1995 03:50:41 GMT
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On 15 Sep 1995 03:50:41 GMT, Keith Smith <keith@papillon.sd.monash.edu.au> said:
> Btw, 'multiple' IP's means something like 12, not 2 :) It seems the 'ifconfig
> alias' option isn't suitable for me. Does anyone know how I could have up to
> 12 IP's configured on one box (short of having 12 ethernet/slip links in
> there)?
dylan$ netstat -in | wc -l
120
We have ~115 aliases on this box's lo0 interface. Why don't you think
'ifconfig alias' isn't an option? It's more expensive to establish 12
fake SLIP links than to add 12 addresses to an existing interface.
-- Robert