Re: Strange route in AIX 5.1

From: Green, Simon (Simon.Green@EU.ALTRIA.COM)
Date: Mon Nov 24 2003 - 11:22:27 EST


It's possible that there's a "no" parameter to control it. I've had a quick
look and didn't see anything, but I only skimmed through the man page.

Simon Green
Altria ITSC Europe Ltd

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferenc Gyurcsan [mailto:fgyurcsa@AVAILANT.COM]
> Sent: 24 November 2003 15:43
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: Strange route in AIX 5.1
>
>
> This loopback route was introduced to AIX 5.1 in order to speed up
> communication when you talk to a local interface. This way
> it's rerouted to
> loopback. I don't think there is any way to change this
> behavior, since it's
> built into ifconfig.



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