diff --git a/src/tests/kits/net/new_stack/loopback/loopback.c b/src/tests/kits/net/new_stack/loopback/loopback.c
index af5d2e1841..15879b0b5b 100644
--- a/src/tests/kits/net/new_stack/loopback/loopback.c
+++ b/src/tests/kits/net/new_stack/loopback/loopback.c
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
 #include "net_stack.h"
 #include "net_interface.h"
 
+#define LOOPBACK_MTU 16384 // can be as large as we want
+
+
+typedef struct loopback_interface {
+	ifnet_t ifnet;
+	net_data_queue *queue;
+} loopback_interface;
+
+
 status_t 		std_ops(int32 op, ...);
 
 struct net_interface_module_info nimi;
@@ -16,24 +25,34 @@ struct net_stack_module_info *g_stack = NULL;
 status_t init(void * params)
 {
 	ifnet_t * iface;
+	loopback_interface *li;
 	
-	iface = (ifnet_t *) malloc(sizeof(*iface));
-	if (!iface)
-		return B_ERROR;
-	
-	iface->if_name = "loopback";
-	iface->if_flags = 0;
-	iface->module = &nimi;
-	
-	g_stack->register_interface(iface);
+	li = (loopback_interface *) malloc(sizeof(*li));
+	if (!li)
+		return B_NO_MEMORY;		
 
-	return B_OK;
+	// create loopback fifo queue, to keep packets *sent*
+	li->queue = g_stack->new_data_queue(64*LOOPBACK_MTU);
+
+
+	iface = &li->ifnet;
+	iface->if_name 	= "loopback";
+	iface->if_flags = (IFF_LOOPBACK | IFF_MULTICAST);
+	iface->if_type 	= 0x10; //IFT_LOOP
+	iface->if_mtu 	= LOOPBACK_MTU;
+			
+	// never forget to store a pointer to us, otherwise datalink layer can't call us
+	iface->module = &nimi;
+			
+	return g_stack->register_interface(iface);
 }
 
 status_t uninit(ifnet_t *iface)
 {
+	loopback_interface *li = (loopback_interface *) iface;
+
 	printf("loopback: uniniting %s interface\n", iface->if_name);
-	return B_OK;
+	return g_stack->delete_data_queue(li->queue);
 }
 
 status_t up(ifnet_t *iface)
@@ -50,17 +69,22 @@ status_t down(ifnet_t *iface)
 
 status_t send(ifnet_t *iface, net_data *data)
 {
+	loopback_interface *li = (loopback_interface *) iface;
+
 	if (!data)
 		return B_ERROR;
-		
-	return B_OK;
+
+	return g_stack->enqueue_data(li->queue, data);
 }
 
 
 status_t receive(ifnet_t *iface, net_data **data)
 {
-	return B_ERROR;
+	loopback_interface *li = (loopback_interface *) iface;
+	
+	return g_stack->dequeue_data(li->queue, data, B_INFINITE_TIMEOUT, false);
 }
+
 	
 status_t control(ifnet_t *iface, int opcode, void *arg) { return -1; }