From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 13 09:20:52 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA05374 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 09:20:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA05357 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 09:20:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA09845; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 12:20:40 -0500 Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 12:20:40 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9512131720.AA09845@halloran-eldar.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 ? In-Reply-To: <9512131652.AA04000@merak.med.ge.com> References: <9512131652.AA04000@merak.med.ge.com> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk < 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