> the ethernet, or shim ethernet, device seems like a better place for this. > ip is not the only protocol! that's what loopback(3) does, but without > the real network. it would be good to plug loopback or similar into a real > ethernet. it's also worth looking at loopback's implementation strategy, > which allows for µs delays. sleep is just too course-grained for my > testing. > > dialing up random reordering would seem to me to be a feature at > this level.
out of curiosity, has anyone played with loopback to allow you to change the order of packets? Is that even allowed on Plan 9? EBo --
