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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
| 4 | .\" | |
| 635a9a29 | 5 | .\" @(#)lo.4 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
| f4d488e2 | 6 | .\" |
| 635a9a29 | 7 | .TH LO 4 "" |
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8 | .UC 5 |
| 9 | .SH NAME | |
| 10 | lo \- software loopback network interface | |
| 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 12 | .B pseudo-device loop | |
| 13 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 14 | The | |
| 15 | .I loop | |
| 16 | interface is a software loopback mechanism which may be | |
| 17 | used for performance analysis, software testing, and/or local | |
| 18 | communication. By default, the loopback interface is | |
| 19 | accessible at address 127.0.0.1 (non-standard); this address | |
| 20 | may be changed with the SIOCSIFADDR ioctl. | |
| 21 | .SH DIAGNOSTICS | |
| 22 | \fBlo%d: can't handle af%d\fP. The interface was handed | |
| 23 | a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address | |
| 24 | family; the packet was dropped. | |
| 25 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
| 26 | intro(4N), inet(4F) | |
| 27 | .SH BUGS | |
| 28 | It should handle all address and protocol families. | |
| 29 | An approved network address should be reserved for this | |
| 30 | interface. |