Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 12:20:40 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: laufen@sol.med.ge.com (Derek Laufenberg x7-4534) Cc: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: loopback and multicast messed up on /etc/sysconfig ? Message-ID: <9512131720.AA09845@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <9512131652.AA04000@merak.med.ge.com> References: <9512131652.AA04000@merak.med.ge.com>
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<<On Wed, 13 Dec 95 10:52:39 CST, laufen@sol.med.ge.com (Derek Laufenberg x7-4534) said: > I've always just hacked the IP # into those lines in sysconfig but wondered > if I was incorrect in doing so. Not at all. > What is the `route_loopback' trying to do anyhow? In older 4BSD releases, it was necessary to create such a route to keep traffic intended to stay within the host, but addressed to one of the host's non-loopback interfaces, from being transmitted over the attached network. In modern systems, this is done automatically. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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