> Giorgos Keramidas writes:
> > Is there some way to ifconfig up a dummy ethernet interface, one that
> > will work like the loopback one (lo0) on FreeBSD?
>
> If you want an interface that loops back, you can have more than
> one loopback interface (lo0, lo1, lo2, ...).
>
> If you want an interface that discards everthing, you can create
> a netgraph interface ("ngctl mkpeer iface foo inet") and leave it
> unconnected.
Or do it with the proper BSD pseudo-device:
# The `disc' pseudo-device implements a minimal network interface,
# which throws away all packets sent and never receives any. It is
# included for testing purposes.
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