> I assume you need the following patch:
> 
> diff -urN linux-2.4.26.org/net/core/dev.c linux-2.4.26/net/core/dev.c
> --- linux-2.4.26.org/net/core/dev.c   Wed Apr 14 15:05:41 2004
> +++ linux-2.4.26/net/core/dev.c       Thu Apr 15 18:54:01 2004
> @@ -619,8 +619,12 @@
> 
>       /*
>        * If you need over 100 please also fix the algorithm...
> +      *
> +      * Maybe it's never needed but just to be sure we allow
> +      * up to 1000 tun/tap devices.
> +      *
>        */
> -     for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
> +     for (i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
>               snprintf(buf,sizeof(buf),name,i);
>               if (__dev_get_by_name(buf) == NULL) {
>                       strcpy(dev->name, buf);
> 

can this info be added to http://openvpn.sourceforge.net/install.html
so that everyone knows it in the future?

How is this with Kernel 2.6? 
I checked the source of 2.6.7, but could'nt find this codefragment in
/net/core/dev.c
Anyone knows the limint in 2.6?

Dani 

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