From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 16:49:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 16:49:00 -0400 Received: from [63.194.239.202] ([63.194.239.202]:37362 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 16:48:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 13:48:30 -0700 From: Mike Fedyk To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.x IP aliase max eth0:16 (16 aliases), where to change? Message-ID: <20010807134830.B22821@mikef-linux.matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 10:41:27PM +0200, Noel Koethe wrote: > Hello, > > The maximum aliases I can configure with a 2.4.x kernel is 16, right? > > Where I can change this? I want to use more aliases. > linux/Documentation/networking/alias.txt tells nothing about this limit > and how to change it. > I would stop using the ifconfig aliases now, and start using the iproute (ip) command that was introduced with the 2.2 kernels. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you will have trouble with more than 16 aliases then. Mike