Cisco loopback interface replacement on pfSense?

lkthomas · Feb 19, 2017, 6:12 AM

should I use virtual IP as a replacement like Cisco loopback interface IP?

jimp · Feb 20, 2017, 4:54 PM

What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

lkthomas · Feb 22, 2017, 12:50 AM

cisco loopback0 for GRE tunnel is useful since it act as logical interface and GRE tunnel source could use loopback0 interface IP. How could I do that on pfsense?

jimp · Feb 24, 2017, 2:50 PM

You can add an IP alias VIP on Localhost to get a similar effect

JKnott · Feb 24, 2017, 7:12 PM

cisco loopback0 for GRE tunnel is useful since it act as logical interface and GRE tunnel source could use loopback0 interface IP. How could I do that on pfsense?

Any reason you can't use the standard 127.0.0.1 & ::1 loopbacks?

lkthomas · Feb 27, 2017, 12:40 AM

@JKnott:

cisco loopback0 for GRE tunnel is useful since it act as logical interface and GRE tunnel source could use loopback0 interface IP. How could I do that on pfsense?

Any reason you can't use the standard 127.0.0.1 & ::1 loopbacks?

logical interface IP is different than localhost IP, you can't use 127.0.0.1 on GRE tunnel setting.