On 07/13/2010 05:51 PM, William Warren wrote: > I think it's baloney mainly because i can't find a mention of it > anywhere. Is there REALLY a limit on the number of physical network > interfaces in the Kernel? Most of the limits on the number of any device come from the major/minor numbers on the device nodes. Since ethernet adapters don't have device nodes, I'd be surprised if there were any practical limit. I'm able to create at least 1025 VLANs on my ethernet adapter, and VLANs are "real" interfaces in the kernel.