Bryan Phillippe wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to conduct some ethernet network testing using a NetBSD 
> client & server configuration.  The unusual part about this is that I 
> want my configuration to be a single NetBSD system functioning as both a 
> client and a server, physically sending network traffic out on interface 
> and back into another, using a cross-cable.
> 
> I initially attempted to set this up on a Linux system, but any 
> configuration I could devise was still defeated by the routing code, 
> which knew that the destination was ultimately "local" and would 
> "receive" the traffic without ever physically sending it.  AFAICT, 
> making it work the way I want would have required a convoluted iptables 
> configuration or a kernel patch.  I'm hoping the NetBSD team has already 
> provided a knob for doing this on NetBSD!
> 
> TIA,
> -- 
> -bp
> 

What exactly are you trying to 'test'? No 'knob' exists as far as I know 
because there is almost no point.

	--
	Liam J. Foy
	<liamjfoy@netbsd.org>