Re: how many IP aliases

From: Brooks Davis (brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net)
Date: 05/27/04

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    Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 07:59:48 -0700
To: Anton Alin-Adrian <aanton@reversedhell.net>

    On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 04:03:58PM +0300, Anton Alin-Adrian wrote:
    > Hi guys.
    >
    > Can anyone tell me what is the limit for how many IP aliases can be setup
    > on the same ethernet card?
    >
    > Is there a global limit for the total number of aliases in the OS?
    >
    > To be clear: one needs 128 IPs (for irc vhosts) to be setup on one server.
    > Is that impossible?

    Addresses are attached to an interface in a linked list so there may be
    some inefficenies, but I don't see any reason why 128 IPs shouldn't
    work.

    -- Brooks 

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