Hello Andi , No option -n & ifconfig doesn't to DNS requests
here anyway . Hth , JimL
root@filesrv1:~# ifconfig -n
ifconfig: unknown option -n
(Use --help for usage information.
) root@filesrv1:~#
Also :
root@filesrv1:~# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:C9:86:A7:53
inet addr:199.33.245.55 Bcast:199.33.245.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:76246 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:2
TX packets:28613 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:13 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:9 Base address:0xa800
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:59738 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:59738 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 02:48:43AM +0200, Sven Koch wrote:
> > On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Michael Fissel wrote:
> > > Does anyone know of a limit to the number of IP addresses that a nic card
> > > can have before another is required or is it just a function of how much
> > > traffic the card has to handle?
> > The number of IP addresses on one interface in kernel 2.2.x is only
> > limited by physical memory as far as I can tell. In a test I was able to
> > assign over 7000 numbers to one eth - worked without problems, only
> > ifconfig took nearly 10 minutes to get me a list (old 233mhz machine
> > with suse 6.4 and suse kernel 2.2.14)
> The 10 minutes were probably caused by the name resolver in ifconfig.
> Try ifconfig -n
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