Re: Multiple IP addresses under kernel 2.0.x

D. Chiodo (djc@hal.microwave.com)
Thu, 5 Sep 1996 16:09:25 -0400 (EDT)

And unless the ethernet is bigger than a class C, I would reserve a
netblock (C or otherwise), and route it _to_ the primary IP of the box,
and keep it seperate from whatever net# the ethernet is..

-D

On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Jon Lewis wrote:

> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 08:28:08 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net>
> To: Lindsay Haisley <fmouse@fmp.com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: Multiple IP addresses under kernel 2.0.x
>
> On Wed, 4 Sep 1996, Lindsay Haisley wrote:
>
> > I'm working on a contract job for a client who will need to assign a
> > relatively large number of IP addresses to a single network interface. How
> > many such assignments are supported under Linux 2.0.x? I've been told that
> > the nominal number is 32, tweakable to 64 by appropriate bit-switching in
> > the Right Place. We will proabably need in excess of 200 such assignments.
> > BSDI supports 256, I'm told, but we're already using Linux and would just as
>
> Read the source. Default for Linux 2.0.x is 256, I believe. If you need
> more, just change one define. As a test, I raised it to 1024, and it
> appeared to work.
>
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