Thanks Alan for your helpful reply. As in my test cable was always connected, I didn't have any problem pinging my own interface ip. I think it's better to keep interface loopback ip rather than deleting them to avoid the problem you mentioned besides performance reduction.
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Alan Somers <asom...@freebsd.org> wrote: > The network route uses your real interface, eg igb0. But the > interface IP's route is bound to lo0. So if you delete your interface > route, any packets sent to the interface IP will actually go out the > real interface. In an experiment, my ping times suggest that those > packets are actually going out to the switch and coming back. So if > you delete your interface route, you will have reduced performance > when talking to your interface address, and you'll also be unable to > talk to your own interface address if your ethernet cable gets pulled > out. I wouldn't do it if I were you. > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:35 PM, h bagade <baga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 12:25 PM, h bagade <baga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I've deleted the interface ip address from routing table and only keep > the > >> network address. Nothing is behaving unusual afterwards. I think this > >> loopback ip address is added for better performance. My question is > would I > >> get in to trouble by deleting these ip addresses from routing table or > >> it's, as I think, just a matter of performance? > >> > >> Thanks in advance > >> > > > > I've done further tests after deleting loopback ip addresses and my > system > > works correctly without any side effects! Is that really OK with deleting > > these ip addresses? > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
