From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 03:24:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 03:23:44 -0400 Received: from elektra.higherplane.net ([203.37.52.137]:47492 "EHLO elektra.higherplane.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 03:23:34 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 17:23:59 +1000 From: john slee To: Noel Koethe Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.x IP aliase max eth0:16 (16 aliases), where to change? Message-ID: <20010808172359.B2770@higherplane.net> 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: > The maximum aliases I can configure with a 2.4.x kernel is 16, right? $ /sbin/ifconfig -a | grep -c eth0: 55 and i'm an anti-twiddle person. i've certainly never seen any limit on this here. i've heard of people with hundreds or even thousands of aliases... j. -- "Bobby, jiggle Grandpa's rat so it looks alive, please" -- gary larson