Re: PPP and virtual lo: routing problem

[Jean-Francois Dive (jef@linuxbe.org)]

relace your lo ip address 192.168.1.4/24 by 192.168.1.4/32 and better
put some routes as well.

On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 07:19, Denis Zaitsev wrote:
> I'm setting up a PPP link between two Linuxes.  Let them be called as
> server (who receives a call) and client (who calls out).  After the
> connection has been established, the machines have got the following
> interfaces:
> 
> Server (2.4.22):
>         lo      127.0.0.1       /8
>         eth0    192.168.1.1     /24
>         ppp1    192.168.1.253   /32
> 
> Client (2.4.20):
>         lo      127.0.0.1       /8
>         lo:1    192.168.1.4     /24
>         ppp0    192.168.1.254   /32
> 
> And in this configuration no one ping from the server has a reply.  As
> well as any other kind of connection from the server waits forever for
> the reply.  (There are no firewall at the any side.)
> 
> And the problem seems to be with lo:1.  If I remove it, or if I change
> its address to 192.168.2.x, all becomes ok.
> 
> So, what does it mean?  Is it just my mistake or something like a
> kernel (?) bug?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
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