Re: 2.4.x IP aliase max eth0:16 (16 aliases), where to change?

[David Lang]

at least with previous versions it took a kernel source tweak to get more
then 255 aliases.

David Lang

On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, john slee wrote:

> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 17:23:59 +1000
> From: john slee <[e-mail]>
> To: Noel Koethe <[e-mail]>
> Cc: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: 2.4.x IP aliase max eth0:16 (16 aliases), where to change?
>
> 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.
>
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