On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 10:12:33PM +0800, Miguel A.L. Paraz wrote:
> > o Is accessing 127.0.0.1 faster than 192.168.0.1 (theoretically, since in
> > practice the difference will probably be negligible)?
>
> I don't know kernel internals well enough. I don't know if using 192.168.0.1
> will be pushed out to the Ethernet driver or not. What I do know is that
> it does not go on the wire - disconnect the UTP cable from your LAN card
> and 192.168.0.1 will still work.
pinging 127.0.0.1 and 192.168.0.1 (both on the same machine) reveals
some practical differences. for small transfers, it would be
negligible to us hewmons. for the Human+ who thinks in milliseconds or
smaller, the difference is not marginal.
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