Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-26 Thread Robert Iakobashvili
Hi David, On 6/25/07, David Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ok I have tried it on a Pentium-M ( 32 Bit ,) with 512 MB RAM and Core 2 Duo with 1Gig RAM ( running SMP kernel , 2 CPUS) with same results. Cant go more than ~4K addresses. I have tried them with vanilla and custom kernels all

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-26 Thread Robert Iakobashvili
Hi David, On 6/25/07, David Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok I have tried it on a Pentium-M ( 32 Bit ,) with 512 MB RAM and Core 2 Duo with 1Gig RAM ( running SMP kernel , 2 CPUS) with same results. Cant go more than ~4K addresses. I have tried them with vanilla and custom kernels all

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-25 Thread David Jones
Ok I have tried it on a Pentium-M ( 32 Bit ,) with 512 MB RAM and Core 2 Duo with 1Gig RAM ( running SMP kernel , 2 CPUS) with same results. Cant go more than ~4K addresses. I have tried them with vanilla and custom kernels all 2.6.19+ versions. Results are same on both systems , so thats

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-25 Thread Robert Iakobashvili
On 6/25/07, Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Jun 25 2007 12:41, Robert Iakobashvili wrote: >> > I am getting after initial successes some errors: >> > "rtnl_talk(): RTNETLINK answers: Cannot allocate memory" >> > and >> > #ip addr | wc-l is 8194. >> >> I'd be surprised if it was

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-25 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jun 25 2007 12:41, Robert Iakobashvili wrote: >> > I am getting after initial successes some errors: >> > "rtnl_talk(): RTNETLINK answers: Cannot allocate memory" >> > and >> > #ip addr | wc-l is 8194. >> >> I'd be surprised if it was 4096 on x86 and 8192 on x86_64... > > Missed to mention:

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-25 Thread Robert Iakobashvili
Hi On 6/25/07, Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Jun 25 2007 11:47, Robert Iakobashvili wrote: > > I am getting after initial successes some errors: > "rtnl_talk(): RTNETLINK answers: Cannot allocate memory" > and > #ip addr | wc-l is 8194. I'd be surprised if it was 4096 on x86

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-25 Thread Patrick McHardy
Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Jun 24 2007 15:08, Kyle Moffett wrote: > >>Do you really need that many IP addresses? When somebody finally gets >>around to implementing REDIRECT support for ip6tables then you could >>just redirect them all to the same port on the local system. > > > The way I see

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-25 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jun 25 2007 11:47, Robert Iakobashvili wrote: > > I am getting after initial successes some errors: > "rtnl_talk(): RTNETLINK answers: Cannot allocate memory" > and > #ip addr | wc-l is 8194. I'd be surprised if it was 4096 on x86 and 8192 on x86_64... Jan -- - To unsubscribe from

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-25 Thread Robert Iakobashvili
David, On 6/25/07, David Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I am trying to add multiple IP addresses ( v6 ) to my FC7 box on eth0. >> > But I am hitting a max limit of 4000 IP address . Seems like there >> is a >> > limiting variable in linux kernel (which one? ) that prevents from >> >

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-25 Thread Robert Iakobashvili
David, On 6/25/07, David Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to add multiple IP addresses ( v6 ) to my FC7 box on eth0. But I am hitting a max limit of 4000 IP address . Seems like there is a limiting variable in linux kernel (which one? ) that prevents from adding more IP

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-25 Thread Robert Iakobashvili
Hi On 6/25/07, Jan Engelhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 25 2007 11:47, Robert Iakobashvili wrote: I am getting after initial successes some errors: rtnl_talk(): RTNETLINK answers: Cannot allocate memory and #ip addr | wc-l is 8194. I'd be surprised if it was 4096 on x86 and 8192 on

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-25 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jun 25 2007 11:47, Robert Iakobashvili wrote: I am getting after initial successes some errors: rtnl_talk(): RTNETLINK answers: Cannot allocate memory and #ip addr | wc-l is 8194. I'd be surprised if it was 4096 on x86 and 8192 on x86_64... Jan -- - To unsubscribe from this

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-25 Thread Patrick McHardy
Jan Engelhardt wrote: On Jun 24 2007 15:08, Kyle Moffett wrote: Do you really need that many IP addresses? When somebody finally gets around to implementing REDIRECT support for ip6tables then you could just redirect them all to the same port on the local system. The way I see it, it's:

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-25 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jun 25 2007 12:41, Robert Iakobashvili wrote: I am getting after initial successes some errors: rtnl_talk(): RTNETLINK answers: Cannot allocate memory and #ip addr | wc-l is 8194. I'd be surprised if it was 4096 on x86 and 8192 on x86_64... Missed to mention: the CPU is Pentium-4.

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-25 Thread Robert Iakobashvili
On 6/25/07, Jan Engelhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 25 2007 12:41, Robert Iakobashvili wrote: I am getting after initial successes some errors: rtnl_talk(): RTNETLINK answers: Cannot allocate memory and #ip addr | wc-l is 8194. I'd be surprised if it was 4096 on x86 and 8192 on

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-25 Thread David Jones
Ok I have tried it on a Pentium-M ( 32 Bit ,) with 512 MB RAM and Core 2 Duo with 1Gig RAM ( running SMP kernel , 2 CPUS) with same results. Cant go more than ~4K addresses. I have tried them with vanilla and custom kernels all 2.6.19+ versions. Results are same on both systems , so thats

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread David Jones
Robert Iakobashvili wrote: Hi, On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:20:01 -0500 David Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to add multiple IP addresses ( v6 ) to my FC7 box on eth0. > But I am hitting a max limit of 4000 IP address . Seems like there is a > limiting variable in linux kernel

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread Kyle Moffett
On Jun 24, 2007, at 15:58:54, Jan Engelhardt wrote: On Jun 24 2007 15:08, Kyle Moffett wrote: Do you really need that many IP addresses? When somebody finally gets around to implementing REDIRECT support for ip6tables then you could just redirect them all to the same port on the local

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jun 24 2007 13:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Jun 24 2007 15:08, Kyle Moffett wrote: >> > >> > Do you really need that many IP addresses? When somebody finally gets >> > around to implementing REDIRECT support for ip6tables then you could >> > just redirect them all to the same port on

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread david
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote: On Jun 24 2007 15:08, Kyle Moffett wrote: Do you really need that many IP addresses? When somebody finally gets around to implementing REDIRECT support for ip6tables then you could just redirect them all to the same port on the local system. The

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread Robert Iakobashvili
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:20:01 -0500 David Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to add multiple IP addresses ( v6 ) to my FC7 box on eth0. > But I am hitting a max limit of 4000 IP address . Seems like there is a > limiting variable in linux kernel (which one? ) that prevents from >

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread Robert Iakobashvili
Hi, On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:20:01 -0500 David Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to add multiple IP addresses ( v6 ) to my FC7 box on eth0. > But I am hitting a max limit of 4000 IP address . Seems like there is a > limiting variable in linux kernel (which one? ) that prevents

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jun 24 2007 15:08, Kyle Moffett wrote: > > Do you really need that many IP addresses? When somebody finally gets > around to implementing REDIRECT support for ip6tables then you could > just redirect them all to the same port on the local system. The way I see it, it's: "if someone gets

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread David Stevens
> > I keep having hopeful dreams that one day netfilter will grow support > for cross-protocol NAT (IE: NAT a TCPv4 connection over TCPv6 to the > IPv6-only local web server, or vice versa). It would seem that would > require a merged "xtables" program. You don't actually need it (at

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread Kyle Moffett
On Jun 24, 2007, at 13:20:01, David Jones wrote: Hi, I am trying to add multiple IP addresses ( v6 ) to my FC7 box on eth0. But I am hitting a max limit of 4000 IP address . Seems like there is a limiting variable in linux kernel (which one? ) that prevents from adding more IP addresses

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread Andrew Morton
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:20:01 -0500 David Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to add multiple IP addresses ( v6 ) to my FC7 box on eth0. > But I am hitting a max limit of 4000 IP address . Seems like there is a > limiting variable in linux kernel (which one? ) that prevents from

Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread David Jones
Hi, I am trying to add multiple IP addresses ( v6 ) to my FC7 box on eth0. But I am hitting a max limit of 4000 IP address . Seems like there is a limiting variable in linux kernel (which one? ) that prevents from adding more IP addresses than 4096. What do I need to change in Linux kernel (

Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread David Jones
Hi, I am trying to add multiple IP addresses ( v6 ) to my FC7 box on eth0. But I am hitting a max limit of 4000 IP address . Seems like there is a limiting variable in linux kernel (which one? ) that prevents from adding more IP addresses than 4096. What do I need to change in Linux kernel (

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread Andrew Morton
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:20:01 -0500 David Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am trying to add multiple IP addresses ( v6 ) to my FC7 box on eth0. But I am hitting a max limit of 4000 IP address . Seems like there is a limiting variable in linux kernel (which one? ) that prevents from

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread Kyle Moffett
On Jun 24, 2007, at 13:20:01, David Jones wrote: Hi, I am trying to add multiple IP addresses ( v6 ) to my FC7 box on eth0. But I am hitting a max limit of 4000 IP address . Seems like there is a limiting variable in linux kernel (which one? ) that prevents from adding more IP addresses

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread David Stevens
Unrelated wishful thinking I keep having hopeful dreams that one day netfilter will grow support for cross-protocol NAT (IE: NAT a TCPv4 connection over TCPv6 to the IPv6-only local web server, or vice versa). It would seem that would require a merged xtables program. You don't

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jun 24 2007 15:08, Kyle Moffett wrote: Do you really need that many IP addresses? When somebody finally gets around to implementing REDIRECT support for ip6tables then you could just redirect them all to the same port on the local system. The way I see it, it's: if someone gets around to

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread Robert Iakobashvili
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:20:01 -0500 David Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to add multiple IP addresses ( v6 ) to my FC7 box on eth0. But I am hitting a max limit of 4000 IP address . Seems like there is a limiting variable in linux kernel (which one? ) that prevents from adding more

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread Robert Iakobashvili
Hi, On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:20:01 -0500 David Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to add multiple IP addresses ( v6 ) to my FC7 box on eth0. But I am hitting a max limit of 4000 IP address . Seems like there is a limiting variable in linux kernel (which one? ) that prevents from

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jun 24 2007 13:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 24 2007 15:08, Kyle Moffett wrote: Do you really need that many IP addresses? When somebody finally gets around to implementing REDIRECT support for ip6tables then you could just redirect them all to the same port on the local

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread david
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote: On Jun 24 2007 15:08, Kyle Moffett wrote: Do you really need that many IP addresses? When somebody finally gets around to implementing REDIRECT support for ip6tables then you could just redirect them all to the same port on the local system. The

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread Kyle Moffett
On Jun 24, 2007, at 15:58:54, Jan Engelhardt wrote: On Jun 24 2007 15:08, Kyle Moffett wrote: Do you really need that many IP addresses? When somebody finally gets around to implementing REDIRECT support for ip6tables then you could just redirect them all to the same port on the local

Re: Scaling Max IP address limitation

2007-06-24 Thread David Jones
Robert Iakobashvili wrote: Hi, On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:20:01 -0500 David Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to add multiple IP addresses ( v6 ) to my FC7 box on eth0. But I am hitting a max limit of 4000 IP address . Seems like there is a limiting variable in linux kernel (which