Re: multiple loopback devices?
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 12:57:25PM +0200, Karl Hammar wrote:
>
> Something like:
>
> # ifconfig lo:1 127.0.0.2
> # ifconfig
> ...
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
> RX packets:1400 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:1400 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>
> lo:1 Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.2 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
>
>
> $ ping 127.0.0.2
> PING 127.0.0.2 (127.0.0.2): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 127.0.0.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=1.1 ms
> 64 bytes from 127.0.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=1.2 ms
Is this slow response time due to the loopback aliasing, a slow
system, or what? (I get 5ms on my 100mbit lan, and 0.01ms on lo)
>
> --- 127.0.0.2 ping statistics ---
> 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max = 1.1/1.1/1.2 ms
>
>
> or what?
> Include alias network support in the kernel in that case.
>
> Regards,
> /Karl
>
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