> > 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.
To have this kind of network is not impossible at all, I received mail
from people at intel who are dealing with around 5000 arp (they say).
In this situation with arpd there was no sensible performance loss, right
now there is a big slowdown.
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