[TriLUG] Running a Virtual Network on a Laptop

[Tanner Lovelace]

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On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 22:08, Jon Carnes wrote:
> I don't understand why the network card needs to be down...
> I've run disconnected many times with my network card up and running, and=
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> ip stack continues to respond. =20
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> Barring that, how about aliasing your lo interface:
> /sbin/ifconfig lo:0 10.4.4.40 netmask 255.255.255.128
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> Of course use whatever ipaddress and subnetmask fits your needs...

I haven't used it in a while, but there used to be a module
called "dummy.o" that allowed you to specify an address to be
used for a situation just like this.  I used to use it so
that I could get my machine to respond to local traffic while
the ppp daemon wasn't up.

Tanner
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