From: adeolu@sympatico.ca
Date: Tue Jan 11 2005 - 00:55:43 GMT-3
Hi everyone,
I feel compelled to join in this debate. :-)
According to the Internet number registries, 127.0.0.0/8 is reserved for loopback addresses. However, MS uses 127.0.0.1 as the loopback address on all its systems. Just log on to a few disparate Windows PCs and check their routing tables (route print at the command prompt) to see for yourself. The routing table shows 127.0.0.1 as the gateway to the entire loopback network and the "real" local IP address of the machine.
If Cisco wants MS's loopback address, it is 127.0.0.1. If they want the reserved loopback net, it is 127.0.0.0/8.
Regards,
Ade
>
> From: "David Prall" <dcp@dcptech.com>
> Date: 2005/01/10 Mon PM 08:43:37 EST
> To: "'Joseph D. Phillips'" <josephdphillips@fastmail.us>,
> <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Subject: RE: Microsoft Loopback.
>
> Actually, it is anything in the 127.0.0.0/8 range. Bring up a command
> prompt and ping 127.1.1.1, you'll receive a response from 127.0.0.1. You can
> configure a real loopback interface as well if you would like.
>
> The 169.254.0.0/16 is for use when an interface is configured for DHCP and
> no DHCP server is available. Apple even uses this in OS X. It is for the
> network challenged home networker, your system will randomly choose an
> address and then see if there is a duplicate.
>
> --
> David C Prall dcp@dcptech.com http://dcp.dcptech.com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On
> > Behalf Of Joseph D. Phillips
> > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 1:49 PM
> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Fw: Microsoft Loopback.
> >
> > No, it's not.
> >
> > If you got that question on the exam, Cisco was probably referring to
> > 169.254.0.0/16
> >
> > Kind of dirty pool because Microsoft itself does not refer to
> > this address
> > range as such. To Microsoft, it's its "autonet" address
> > range, used for
> > autoconfiguration of network interface adapters.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James Ventre" <messageboard@ventrefamily.com>
> > To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 10:27
> > Subject: Re: Microsoft Loopback.
> >
> >
> > > >Is it 127.0.0.1?
> > >
> > > Yes.
> > >
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