Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 11:30:47 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Norbert.Schauermann@lrz.tu-muenchen.de Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: iijppp over loopback Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980402112948.9007Z-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9804020913.AA18158@sun1.lrz-muenchen.de>
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On Thu, 2 Apr 1998 Norbert.Schauermann@lrz.tu-muenchen.de wrote: > can someone tell me if it is possible to test a PPP-link over the local > loopback? I want to test my changes for the user-space-PPP in a > standalone-system. The only way I thought of could be the loopback > device. Is this possible? If yes, what changes do I have to make in the > configuration files? The loopback device is a network interface, not a real device. How about a pipe? mkfifo /tmp/something, and point both ppp's at it. A hunch, NOT TESTED ... Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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