[NTLUG:Discuss] localhost vs "real" IP address

[George Lass]

Sorry, I got that backwards.  It should have read something like:

... how much more overhead in using the IP address for eth0 as compared to 127.0.0.1...

Thanks,

George

 



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From: Chris Cox <cjcox at acm.org>
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Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 8:28:58 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] localhost vs "real" IP address

George Lass wrote:
> Does anyone know offhand how much more overhead (if any) is involved in TCP/IP messaging to 127.0.0.1 versus the "real" IP address assigned to eth0 on the local machine?  If it make any difference, I am running an old (2.4.18) kernel.
> 

Less.  Should be less overhead due to lack of a NIC style driver.  No typical "bandwidth" constraints.

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