Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2021 23:11:06 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: net@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 256393] Issue with recreation of ppp/tun interfaces Message-ID: <bug-256393-7501-9FbMlyYZqx@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-256393-7501@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-256393-7501@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D256393 --- Comment #26 from Rodney W. Grimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> --- (In reply to Eugene Grosbein from comment #25) > Also, I do not understand how a router can deal without delivering traffi= c locally for its local IPs in many cases like running squid proxy or web/s= mtp server or even routinely running ping to check if distinct uplink is st= ill alive. You seem to not understand that traffic works just FINE without the loopback route, packets sent locally to the local ip address of an interface are delivered without any issue, the different is that the MTU used for the pac= kets well be the MTU of the ethernet/ppp/slip/whatever interface rather than the= MTU of the loopback device. Further in your specific case of a ping check... that is near worthless to a lo0 route as it can't tell when the carrier has dropped on an interface, and infact this is one of the reasons I absolutely HATE this loopback route by = the kernel code and have ripped it out of my systems. I think somehow you think that IP does not work correctly without the loopb= ack routes, that is a not the case. I repeat, all the interface loopback routes are not needed, the system functions fine without them. all be it with a 10x packet count due to MTU delta for lo0 vs an ethernet. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=
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