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What is the purpose of a loopback address on a router?
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darkuser
loopbacks are always up interfaces.
you can use them to be the source of routing protocol packets or snmp on a multi-interface router so those sessions are not tied to a physical interface.
Noods
Awesome, thanks
Noods
So basically, the loopback is the management IP address of the router?
rossonieri#1
basically, a loopback addr is just like you talking to yourself to do something.
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