Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:02:10 -0500 From: "David E. Cross" <crossd@cs.rpi.edu> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org>, crossd@cs.rpi.edu, net@freebsd.org, crossd@cs.rpi.edu Subject: Re: gif(4) question Message-ID: <200103222102.QAA25135@cs.rpi.edu> In-Reply-To: Message from Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> of "Thu, 22 Mar 2001 21:44:14 %2B0100." <20010322214413.A5116@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
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Why is routing done via the ::1 and 127.0.0.1 network addresses? I notice for "normal" interfaces it is bound directly to "link#2" and such. I realize I don't really know what I am talking about here, but, it seems that binding it to the link is more efficient than having it go through the loopback interface. Also, it will work in cases where the loopback is not defined (don't ask... just don't ask) -- David Cross | email: crossd@cs.rpi.edu Lab Director | Rm: 308 Lally Hall Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, | Ph: 518.276.2860 Department of Computer Science | Fax: 518.276.4033 I speak only for myself. | WinNT:Linux::Linux:FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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