Never cross-post to both -questions and -hackers, thanks.

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Daniel Hilevich wrote:

> Hi,
> Does anyone have an idea why after creating 128 loopack devices and
> configuring lo127 to 127.0.0.1 (instead of the default lo0) I am
> experiencing many problems in interprocess communication using sockets?
> Are lo0 and 127.0.0.1 (INADDR_LOOPBACK) tightly coupled?

        Errr... Haven't you just answered your own question? While we all
wish it were otherwise I think you've already shown that there are places
in the code that depend on lo0 == 127.0.0.1.

Good luck,

Doug
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 it would be easier sometimes to change the past"

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