Q: to solve loopback problem A: creating a lo1-device and then assigning each jail a loopback address of the form 127.0.1.$jailid on lo1 # /etc/rc.conf cloned_interfaces="lo1" # jail.conf foo { jid = 1; ip4.addr = "lo1|127.0.1.${jid}/32"; ip4.addr += "vtnet0|10.0.0.${jid}/32"; } lo0: flags=8049 metric 0 mtu 16384 # by service netif start lo1 lo1: flags=8008 metric 0 mtu 16384