Multiple Loopback Interfaces

2013-08-29 Thread John Chludzinski
better for my purpose. How do I define multiple loopback interfaces? BTW, I'm a newbie to this mailing mailing list. Hopefully this is an appropriate question? --- John Chludzinski john-chludzin...@myopera.com -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org

Multiple Loopback Interfaces

2013-08-29 Thread John Chludzinski
I need to used multiple loopback addresses (interfaces) for an server application that communicates with multiple clients running on the same machine. Since a loopback interface short circuits the network stack (looping back in the IP layer) it is a more efficient means of communication, hence bet

Re: Multiple Loopback Interfaces

2013-08-29 Thread John Chludzinski
127.0.0.1, 127.0.0.2, 127.0.0.3 > > here they are pingable as default > > the instruction below if only needed if the application > checks that a configured IP exists via ifconfig or lookalike > > Am 29.08.2013 15:46, schrieb Reindl Harald: > > Am 29.08.

Where does loopback short circuit ?

2013-08-29 Thread John Chludzinski
I've had a debate with some co-workers about whether or not a message that's sent to the loopback interface makes it way into the IP layer and is fragmented before flowing back up the network stack.  Does it?   ---John -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraprojec

Which Fedora: 19 or 20?

2014-01-07 Thread John Chludzinski
I'm about to install Fedora on my latest hardware and was wondering should I choose 19 or 20? 20 is the latest but 19 is the base code for RHEL 7. Assuming they're not too different, is there an advantage to going with 19 since it's what RHEL 7 is based on? --- John C