[ Sorry for late answer ] On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 09:34:50AM +0200, torbjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Is it possible to have two network interfaces and communicate between them > trough the cable (I.E. not use the loopback device)? > > Setup: eth0: 10.0.0.1, eth1: 10.0.0.2 > > ftp/http/ping/whatever 10.0.0.2 should go out of eth0 and be received on > eth1 and visa versa. > > I have tried the obvious with routing tables and forced route to 10.0.0.2 > trough eth0 etc, but Linux still takes the short cut trough the loopback > interface, and it does not work if loopback is disabled. If you didn't find it already there is patch called "Send-To-Self (loop)" at http://www.ssi.bg/~ja/ made by Julian Anastasov for such purposes. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
