Loop-Back IP Configuration in Mikrotik

rockinb4u · December 5, 2009, 8:49am

Hello,

Is there a possibility to configure Loop-Back IP in Mikrotik…?

If Yes how can we do that..?

Regards
Rakesh

mknnoc · December 5, 2009, 10:22am

bridge interface is localback interface.

mknnoc · December 5, 2009, 10:23am

sorry, i mean loopback.

rockinb4u · December 5, 2009, 10:41am

Can assign IP to this interface and use this for Routing protocols such as BGP ..?

Regards
Rakesh

butche · December 5, 2009, 8:06pm

Yes. I do this all the time.

/interface bridge add name=Loopback1
/ip address add interface=Loopback1 address=10.10.10.10/32

That gets you the loopback IP. Then, you can set the update-source property for a peer to be your 10.10.10.10 address. Of course, you can use a larger network than a /32, but in either event, make sure that the 10.10.10.10 IP is reachable by the peers.