Macimum number of rules?

[Stindl Wolfgang EXT <Wolfgang.Stindl.extern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: Macimum number of rules?

Hi,

We are running a quite big iptables-Firewall with about 34000 rules.
Since today we cannot add any new rules.
All we get is a Memory allocation Problem.

When we delete a rule, we can add 1 new rule. So is there a maximum number?

The firewall box is an dual xeon with 1 GB memory (most is still free)

So is there anything we can do?

Thanks a lot
Wolfgang