[c-nsp] OK, what is a cheap and dirty hack to test a port

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Turnbow [mailto:b.turnbow at twt.it]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 6:50 AM
> To: Ted Mittelstaedt; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: RE: [c-nsp] OK, what is a cheap and dirty hack to test a port
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>  If I simply assign something like IP 127.0.0.5/30 to the port and
> throw a ton of traffic to 127.0.0.6, will the packets actually
> go out the port?  Or will the router see that the port is looped
> and just discard the traffic?
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> >From the router running extended pings to the 127.0.0.5 address (the
> interface physical address) 
> Wil ldo it for you.
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> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk713/tk628/technologies_tech_note09186a
> 00800a7599.shtml
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> Regards
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> Brian
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Thanks, I should have looked at the documentation!

Ted