> I'm trying to configure a single ethernet interface to have more than 256
> aliases. I was under the impression that echoing something like "512" to
> /proc/sys/net/core/net_alias would allow this to happen, but whenever I try
> to add an alias above 255 I get this:
>
> SIOCSIFADDR: Invalid argument
>
> Is this an ifconfig problem, a kernel limit, or something else? (I have Deja
> Newsed to no avail).
Be sure to echo this number in /proc/sys/net/core/net_alias_max before
setting any alias. This number is used only when creating the first alias.
You can unset all current IP alias and then start again, then the number
will be effective.
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