Null is the bit bucket and is used for canning unwanted packets, e.g. ip route 10.1.1.5 255.255.255.255 null0
The main advantage is a zero CPU hit when dropping packets ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Latis" To: Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 3:44 PM Subject: Loopback and Null interfaces [7:26703] > What is the purpose of the Loopback and the Null interfaces ? > (I know that the loopback interface can be used to emulate an always-on > interface to be used for point-topoint unnumbered links ) > > Thanks, > Mark Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=26711&t=26703 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
