Loop back interface

2000-05-23 Thread Jacques Lee
What is a loopback interface for, besides the Router ID in OSPF ? THx _ Jacques Lee CCNA ___ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct

Re: Loop back interface

2000-05-23 Thread Edward Solomon
""Jacques Lee"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 8ge6qu$6vk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8ge6qu$6vk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > What is a loopback interface for, besides the Router ID in OSPF ? You might well use the loopback interface IP address for the configuration of DLSw peers. This is quite commo

Re: Loop back interface

2000-05-23 Thread Tom Pruneau
It is also good for Setting up a BGP peering session when you have multiple links between the two routers . Monitoring a router using an NMS, lets say you want to monitor a router that has 20 interfaces on it. If you list one of those interfaces as the primary connection in the NMS config then i

RE: Loop back interface

2000-05-24 Thread Andrew Larkins
: Jacques Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 May 2000 17:17 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Loop back interface What is a loopback interface for, besides the Router ID in OSPF ? THx _ Jacques Lee CCNA ___ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http

RE: Loop back interface IP address

2001-04-05 Thread Hire, Ejay
If you don't mind the pesky breaking fundamental rules of IP thing, it saves burning 4 Ip addresses (255.255.255.252 = 4 addresses) for a loopback interface. Since the Loopback is often set to give a router a "Name" for OSPF or BGP, it works okay. Ejay Hire 804-220-7724 877-200-7020,x7724 ... An