From: "Andy Nguyen" <an@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 13:38:00 +1100 > There is currently a limit of 16 tap devices created in netlink_dev.c. > Is there some reason for this, can I just increase the number to say 256? It is limited by the number of netlink numbers assigned to the ethertap device, in include/linux/netlink.h Furthermore, ethertap has been completely removed from the Linux kernel these days, you really should be using something like TUN/TAP instead. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html