Re: Maximum number of "tun" pseudo-devices

2012-05-15 Thread Chris Knipe
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 3:09 AM, Brett Glass wrote: > I'm running a busy FreeBSD-based that may handle large numbers of > simultaneous connections. I'm currently using software that creates a "tun" > device for each connection. However, after it hits tun127 (128 > pseudo-devices), it doesn't seem

Re: Maximum number of "tun" pseudo-devices

2012-05-15 Thread Wojciech Puchar
i would rather look at software that uses "tun" interfaces instead of FreeBSD which seems to support more than 128 tuns out of the box: this: # x=1;while [ $x -lt 2000 ];do ifconfig tun$x create;x=$[x+1];done worked fine. ifconfig shows 2000 tun interfaces # x=1;while [ $x -lt 2000 ];do ifc

Maximum number of "tun" pseudo-devices

2012-05-13 Thread Brett Glass
Everyone: I'm running a busy FreeBSD-based that may handle large numbers of simultaneous connections. I'm currently using software that creates a "tun" device for each connection. However, after it hits tun127 (128 pseudo-devices), it doesn't seem to want to create any more. What sets the lim