[c-nsp] loop-testing 10G with cisco?

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:34:34AM +0100, Marian ?urkovi? wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 02:25:25PM +0100, Gert Doering wrote:
> > ... ok, this doesn't work, but it gave me an idea.
> > 
> > 1. configure a transfer network x.x.x.1/30
> > 2. configure a static arp entry for x.x.x.2
> > 3. "ping x.x.x.2 repeat 10000 timeout 0"
> 
> In fact you don't even need to bother with static ARP entry.
> Just ping to the subnet's broadcast address :-)

Oh, indeed.  I tried the broadcast pinging, and wasn't happy because it
sends packet so slowly - but "timeout 0" indeed works for broadcast as
well.

Nice :)

gert
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