On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 02:25:04PM +0800, animesh bansriyar wrote: > nothing such as loopback device but there is a loopback interface(lo for that > matter) or localhost which has an address of 127.0.0.1 and is used for the > system to communicate with itself even if any physical device such as > ethernet or a modem is not there.
I didn't know that the system needed a separate device like ethernet or a modem to communicate with itself. :) To the OP: A loop device is a pseudo-block device to create and manipulate filesystems on disk files - say for later dumping via dd(1) onto permanent media. A loopback device (or interface) is a software emulation of a network connection, so that standalone computers can be fooled to run network aware (client-server) software. The IP address range 127.0.0.0/8 is reserved for loopback devices (RFC 3330). Binand -- Russian Roulette with Unix: while :; do kill $RANDOM &> /dev/null && break || sleep 1; done ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Scholarships for Techies! Can't afford IT training? All 2003 ictp students receive scholarships. Get hands-on training in Microsoft, Cisco, Sun, Linux/UNIX, and more. www.ictp.com/training/sourceforge.asp _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
