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Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 07:59:48 -0700
From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To: Anton Alin-Adrian <aanton@reversedhell.net>
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On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 04:03:58PM +0300, Anton Alin-Adrian wrote:
> Hi guys.
>=20
> Can anyone tell me what is the limit for how many IP aliases can be setup=
=20
> on the same ethernet card?
>=20
> Is there a global limit for the total number of aliases in the OS?
>=20
> To be clear: one needs 128 IPs (for irc vhosts) to be setup on one server=
=2E=20
> 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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