questions on if_bridge and if_tap

Peter Grehan grehan at freebsd.org
Fri Jun 28 17:29:52 UTC 2013


> 1. Is there a upper limit on the number of bridges and/or taps and if
> so what is it?

  The if_index field for an interface is 16 bits so I guess there may be 
an upper bound of 64K. That might start to stretch limits of FreeBSD in 
other areas.

> 2. Does each tap need a corresponding bridge or can they all go
> through the same bridge?

  They can all go through the same bridge if that's what you want (the 
same broadcoast domain).

later,

Peter.


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