Re: ifconfig dummy device

["Denis A. Doroshenko" <d.doroshenko@omnitel.net>]

isn't that the same as loopback device (not linux's loopback) loX?
generic kernel has two loopback devices, lo0 is used to represent
127.1 and lo1 is free, use it...

On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 10:33:37AM -0500, K Adam Guyot wrote:
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> simple ifconfig question:
> 
> How can I create "dummy" devices under OpenBSD for network
> testing without an ethernet card or connection to another computer?
> 
> Under linux one can load the dummy module and just do:
> root# ifconfig dummy0 192.168.0.1
> root# ifconfig dummy0:0 192.168.0.2
> 
> I imagine I am overlooking something in
> the documentation but I don't know where/what.

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