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1.1       root        1: .TH LO 4 "26 March 1982"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: lo \- software loopback network interface
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B pseudo-device loop
                      7: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      8: The
                      9: .I loop
                     10: interface is a software loopback mechanism which may be
                     11: used for performance analysis, software testing, and/or local
                     12: communication.   By default, the loopback interface is
                     13: accessible at address 127.0.0.1 (non-standard); this address
                     14: may be changed with the SIOCSIFADDR ioctl.
                     15: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     16: \fBlo%d: can't handle af%d\fP.  The interface was handed
                     17: a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address
                     18: family; the packet was dropped.
                     19: .SH SEE ALSO
                     20: intro(4N), inet(4F)
                     21: .SH BUGS
                     22: It should handle all address and protocol families.
                     23: An approved network address should be reserved for this
                     24: interface.

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