On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 06:34:57AM -0700, John Chludzinski wrote: > I need to used multiple loopback addresses (interfaces) for an server > application that communicates with multiple clients running on the same > machine. Since a loopback interface short circuits the network stack > (looping back in the IP layer) it is a more efficient means of > communication, hence better for my purpose. > It doesn't short circuit the network stack, thats why we have the loopback driver in the first place. > > > How do I define multiple loopback interfaces? > you can use the ip utility to create dummy network devices on top of your loopback device, but the better question is - why? Having multiple clients and servers on a single system doesn't in any way require multiple loopback interfaces. just have the servers and clients all listen on, and connect to 127.0.0.1, and assign each server a separate port number. Neil > > > BTW, I'm a newbie to this mailing mailing list. Hopefully this is an > appropriate question? > > > > --- > John Chludzinski > john-chludzinski@xxxxxxxxxxx > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
