Marcus Brinkmann writes:
[snip]
> settrans /servers/socket/2 /hurd/pfinet -i dummy \
> -a 192.168.0.1 -m 255.255.255.0 -g 192.168.0.2
>
> The dummy interface is the same as the dummy interface in
> linux: A bottomless pit. You don't get a single packet out of
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> it, and everything you send to it is lost.
>
> Note that the above local address 192.168.0.1 is recognized as
> local. Stuff sent to this address is not lost, of course.
[snip]
Perhaps I misunderstand what you mean by `dummy interface', but on
my linux box, the `dummy interface' is a loopback, not a bit
bucket.
23 jeff ~ $ ifconfig -i dummy0
dummy0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet addr:172.16.0.1 Bcast:172.16.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
24 jeff ~ $ telnet dummy0 smtp
Trying 172.16.0.1...
Connected to eden-hda7.my.local.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 eden-hda7.my.local ESMTP Postfix (Postfix-20000531-Snapshot)
helo dude
250 eden-hda7.my.local
quit
221 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.
25 jeff ~ $ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
# The loopback interface - lo on localnet.
iface lo inet loopback
# The first network card - eth0 on homenet.
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.22
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
# The dummy interface - dummy0 on dummynet.
iface dummy0 inet static
address 172.16.0.1
netmask 255.255.0.0
network 172.16.0.0
broadcast 172.16.255.255
#
# /etc/network/interfaces - end of file.
26 jeff ~ $ uname -a
Linux eden-hda7.my.local 2.2.17 #1 Mon Aug 28 20:29:19 EDT
2000 i586 unknown
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