Facts about loopback address (127.0.0.1)
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:45 pm
Back in the day when they figured they'll never run out of IP addresses using IPv4 they figured instead of just reserving 127.0.0.1 they'll reserve the entire class A range which is 127.0.0.0-127.255.255.255
So if you try to ping/access any address in that range, it's still going to act as being loopback.
This complete's today's Red Squirrel Networking Tips™ lesson. Have a nice day.
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So if you try to ping/access any address in that range, it's still going to act as being loopback.
This complete's today's Red Squirrel Networking Tips™ lesson. Have a nice day.
Archived topic from Iceteks, old topic ID:3853, old post ID:31320