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A.1 TCP/IP Commands
A.1.1 autoloop
Syntax:
autoloop [on|off]
Description:
Displays or sets the
autoloop
setting. Configuration saving saves this information.
By default autoloop is disabled.
The
autoloop
command is
hidden
, not shown by
ip help
.
Example:
> ip autoloop
autoloop off
> ip device
# type dev file IP address
device ether ether //nice mtu 1500 192.168.2.1
device loop loop - mtu 2048 127.0.0.1
> ip ping 127.0.0.1
ip: ping - reply received from 127.0.0.1
> ip ping 192.168.2.1
ip: ping - transmit error: Host is down (rc=62)
> ip autoloop on
> ip ping 192.168.2.1
ip: ping - reply received from 192.168.2.1
Appendix A - Commonly Used Commands