From: Godswill Oletu (oletu@inbox.lv)
Date: Mon Aug 15 2005 - 16:25:04 GMT-3
Desmond,
A loopback interface is a stub network, so it does not make sense to allow
routing update traffics there. It is generally a networking best practice to
make that interface passive.
At least it will save alot memory and CPU cycles, moreso it will not break
anything in your network.
HTH
Godswill Oletu
----- Original Message -----
From: "Desmond Ong" <desmond.gk@netstarnetworks.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 10:25 PM
Subject: When to disable passive interface explicitly
> Hi there,
>
> Just like to check when should I make the loopback interface passive?
> Being
> practising some labs and still cannot figure out when to explicitly
> diasble/enable it.
>
> Thanks
> Desmond
>
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