Is there a way to enable the routers loopback using 'route'?
I can access the firmware o/s using telnet, the firmware o/s is an embedded type of linux.
The idea is to allow local testing of a webserver without editing the hosts file, because when I enter the public ip address, I get the modems config file.
By editing the hosts file, I'm not actually testing the server outside the lan, all I'll be doing is entering a name like and the host file sees the 'myweb.net' entry and redirects to the webserver, I may as well use the locahost address, it does the same thing.
What I want to do is to use the routers loopback, (which I have found is supported by issuing 'ifconfig lo' from the unix command prompt).
How can this be done?, the modem/gateway/router is an Actiontec GT701-WG.
I can access the firmware o/s using telnet, the firmware o/s is an embedded type of linux.
The idea is to allow local testing of a webserver without editing the hosts file, because when I enter the public ip address, I get the modems config file.
By editing the hosts file, I'm not actually testing the server outside the lan, all I'll be doing is entering a name like and the host file sees the 'myweb.net' entry and redirects to the webserver, I may as well use the locahost address, it does the same thing.
What I want to do is to use the routers loopback, (which I have found is supported by issuing 'ifconfig lo' from the unix command prompt).
How can this be done?, the modem/gateway/router is an Actiontec GT701-WG.