What's a Loopback Address?
A Loopback Address Is a Special Ip Address, 127.0. 0.1, Reserved by Internic for Use in Testing Network Cards. This Ip Address Corresponds to the Software...
A loopback address is a special IP address, 127.0. 0.1, reserved by InterNIC for use in testing network cards. This IP address corresponds to the software loopback interface of the network card, which does not have hardware associated with it, and does not require a physical connection to a network.
What is the use of loopback address?
The IP address 127.0. 0.1 is called a loopback address. Packets sent to this address never reach the network but are looped through the network interface card only. This can be used for diagnostic purposes to verify that the internal path through the TCP/IP protocols is working.
What is a valid loopback address?
The Internet Protocol (IP) specifies a loopback network with the (IPv4) address 127.0. 0.0/8. Most IP implementations support a loopback interface (lo0) to represent the loopback facility. Any traffic that a computer program sends on the loopback network is addressed to the same computer.
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