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Subject: Re: probable side effects of deleting interfaces ip
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On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 12:25 PM, h bagade <bagadeh@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've deleted the interface ip address from routing table and only keep the
> network address. Nothing is behaving unusual afterwards. I think this
> loopback ip address is added for better performance. My question is would I
> get in to trouble by deleting these ip addresses from routing table or
> it's, as I think, just a matter of performance?
>
> Thanks in advance
>

I've done further tests after deleting loopback ip addresses and my system
works correctly without any side effects! Is that really OK with deleting
these ip addresses?