Thanks to:
Karl M Majer <karl_at_USGCC.ODU.EDU>
alan <alan_at_NABETH.CXO.DEC.COM>
Arne Steinkamm <arne_at_STEINKAMM.COM>
Paul Richards <paulr_at_INTERMIX.ENGR.ARIZONA.EDU>
Peter Clark <pclark_at_P90.PCLARK.COM>
Stam Nicolis <nicolis_at_CHIRAL.PHYS.UNIV-TOURS.FR>
danno_at_large.com (Daniel S. Notov)
Jukka Timonen <jtimonen_at_netppl.fi>
"Fernando Cardenas E." <fer_at_CIENCIAS.UCOL.MX>
Jim Belonis <belonis_at_DIRAC.PHYS.WASHINGTON.EDU>
chu_at_MUSP0.JPL.NASA.GOV (Eugene Chu)
cao_at_WORKGROUP.COM (Chan T. Cao)
"Richard A. Muirden" <richard_at_RMIT.EDU.AU>
"Henry A. Flogel" <hflogel_at_WPL.COM>
bjw_at_ANPNT22.ANP.ANSTO.GOV.AU (WHITTAKER, Bruce J)
Gyula Szokoly <szgyula_at_SKYSRV.PHA.JHU.EDU>
David Warren <warren_at_ATMOS.WASHINGTON.EDU>
"Pedro J. Lobo" <pjlobo_at_EUITT.UPM.ES>
"Schuhl, Robert" <robert.schuhl_at_ALD-VT.DE>
UFPEL - CPMET <ufpelrm_at_EU.ANSP.BR>
Flamand Laurent x <flamand_at_ECLIA2.EC-LILLE.FR>
Concensus was : lo0 - loopback, sl0 - slip
One of the more detailed answers (from Carlos A M dos Santos):
>lo0 is the "loopback" interface, which normaly points to the local host and
>receive the predefined address 127.0.0.1. This interface is used to open
>network connections from the host to itself. Funny, no?
>sl0 is the slip (Serial Line Internet Protocol) interface. This allows
>you to set an IP connection between to machines on a point-to-poin basis.
>Take a look at 'man slip_manual_setup' and 'man slattach'. There are also
>references in the networking setup manuals (Bookreader versions).
Thanks to all who replied.
gordon
Gordon Schumacher
University of Alaska
P.O. Box 756200
Fairbanks, AK
99775-6200
sxrgs_at_alaska.edu
Received on Mon Jul 01 1996 - 16:18:16 NZST