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Re: IP traffic between two NICs on same box

Newsgroups comp.os.linux.networking
From Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid>
Subject Re: IP traffic between two NICs on same box
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Message-ID <slrnk1bplf.sn4.ibuprofin@fermi.phx.az.us> (permalink)
Date 2012-07-29 20:43 -0500

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On Sun, 29 Jul 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.networking, in
article <13f5c0f9-f0fc-497c-8770-b89b57963050@googlegroups.com>,
looxrat@googlemail.com wrote:

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<quoting fixed>

]Tauno Voipio wrote:

]] The kernel IP stack is smart enough to route traffic from a host
]]to *ANY* of its own interfaces via the loopback device lo.

>Well, I know that the kernel does that, I am looking for a way to
>bypass that...

You'll have to re-write the stack - no simple matter.

]] For testing a network with only one piece of hardware available,
]] a virtual machine setup might help (e.g. VirtualBox or VMWare).

It may actually be less of a hassle to just find a second real box.

>Indeed this is gonna be a testing device and preferably I would get
>around virtualization, I have never worked with that before,  I
>imagine that this will be quite some work, and I wonder about
>performance issues.

Recently discussed in another group - performance hit is about 20%
in addition to dividing the resources.    Really - grab another
system, and save yourself the trouble.

        Old guy

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IP traffic between two NICs on same box Harald Radke <looxrat@googlemail.com> - 2012-07-29 02:04 -0700
  Re: IP traffic between two NICs on same box Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2012-07-29 22:56 +0300
    Re: IP traffic between two NICs on same box looxrat@googlemail.com - 2012-07-29 13:32 -0700
      Re: IP traffic between two NICs on same box Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2012-07-29 20:43 -0500
        Re: IP traffic between two NICs on same box Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2012-07-30 08:15 -0500
          Re: IP traffic between two NICs on same box Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2012-08-04 12:52 +0200
        Re: IP traffic between two NICs on same box Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2012-08-04 12:49 +0200
  Re: IP traffic between two NICs on same box Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com> - 2012-07-30 17:46 +0000
  Re: IP traffic between two NICs on same box unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2012-07-30 17:57 +0000
  Re: IP traffic between two NICs on same box ein <ein@no.spam> - 2012-08-05 14:26 +0200
    Re: IP traffic between two NICs on same box Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2012-08-05 14:59 +0200
      Re: IP traffic between two NICs on same box ein <ein@no.spam> - 2012-08-05 15:32 +0200
        Re: IP traffic between two NICs on same box ein <ein@no.spam> - 2012-08-05 15:34 +0200

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