hmm... i setup a pppoe server that calls a customized/hacked ppp (2.4.1) daemon. just wanted to clarify, does pppd use the /dev/ippp*? if not, then maybe i won't run into the limitation of 64 connections.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [plug] PPP limitations > > > On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, CYWare wrote: > > > i noticed that the maximum "ls /dev/*ppp*" number of ppp sessions is set to > > 64. is there anyway to increase this number? > > > > if you meant asynchrounous ppp sessions (like dialup), then ppp interfaces > dont rely on device files but on dynamically allocated kernel data > structures. for each ppp interface, there is an interface number id which > is a signed integer (4 bytes). so ppp sessions max out at 2 billion or > until you run out of RAM available to hold extra ppp data structures. > > but if you really meant /dev/ippp*, refer to devices.txt on the kernel > tarball. since this is a device file, it's upper limit is 256 (because > minor device numbers are 1 byte each). *and* since ippp devices share the > same major device number with some other interface type, the max is > brought down to less than 128. you will need to use 'mknod' to make ippp > device file interfaces from ippp64 upto ippp254 (if that is even > recognized by the kernel.) > > pong > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
