Re: arpd not working in 2.4.17 or 2.5.1

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:58:46 +0000 (GMT)

> But arp>1024 is Very Important, else linux will never be able to talk to more
> than 1024 clients !
>
> Linux is my favourite and I wonder if this limit will kill linux for the race
> with Solaris/M$ server market. So pls save me :) and help neighour.c/network
> layer in new kernel.

ARP applies for local links only. So you need a network you are actively
talking to 1024 different hosts directly on. Furthermore all the
config items should now be soft anyway. Want more, enable more.
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