What is the maximum number of IPs that can be assigned to a given computer?
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I really need to know this for a linux server, but since it also applies to client OSes, I figured the question should be posed here instead of server fault.
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According to the replies to this post to the linux-net mailing list, At one point, the Linux kernel had a limit of 255 aliases per physical interface device. As of Linux kernel version 2.2, there is no (practical) limit, with the second response cit…
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