On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 22:08, Jon Carnes wrote: > I don't understand why the network card needs to be down... > I've run disconnected many times with my network card up and running, and the > ip stack continues to respond. > > Barring that, how about aliasing your lo interface: > /sbin/ifconfig lo:0 10.4.4.40 netmask 255.255.255.128 > > Of course use whatever ipaddress and subnetmask fits your needs...
I haven't used it in a while, but there used to be a module called "dummy.o" that allowed you to specify an address to be used for a situation just like this. I used to use it so that I could get my machine to respond to local traffic while the ppp daemon wasn't up. Tanner -- Tanner Lovelace | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ --*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*-- GPG Fingerprint = A66C 8660 924F 5F8C 71DA BDD0 CE09 4F8E DE76 39D4 GPG Key can be found at http://wtl.wayfarer.org/lovelace.gpg.asc --*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*-- Those who are willing to sacrifice essential liberties for a little order, will lose both and deserve neither. -- Benjamin Franklin History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure. -- Justice Thurgood Marshall, 1989
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