Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:44:40 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Laurence Sanford <lauasanf@wilderness.homeip.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't ping localhost? Message-ID: <451E74C8.6070702@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <451DCFD4.3070408@wilderness.homeip.net> References: <451DCFD4.3070408@wilderness.homeip.net>
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Laurence Sanford wrote: > Anyone got any ideas on this? > > lauasanf@colossus(~)$ ping 127.0.0.1 > PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes > ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address > ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address > ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address > ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address > ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address > ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address > ^C > --- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics --- > 6 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss > > > lauasanf@colossus(~)$ ifconfig lo0 > lo0: flags=8008<LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 If there isn't an "inet 127.0.0.1" entry following, the loopback isn't properly configured. Perhaps you have a "network_interfaces" entry listed in /etc/rc.conf which does not mention "lo0"...? -- -Chuck
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