Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 04:23:56 +0200 (CEST) From: "P.U.Kruppa" <ulrich@pukruppa.net> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Laurence Sanford <lauasanf@wilderness.homeip.net> Subject: Re: Can't ping localhost? Message-ID: <20061001042415.D4236@pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <451E74C8.6070702@mac.com> References: <451DCFD4.3070408@wilderness.homeip.net> <451E74C8.6070702@mac.com>
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On Sat, 30 Sep 2006, Chuck Swiger wrote: > 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"...? I think this entry should live in /etc/defaults/rc.conf ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" # default loopback device # configuration. Regards, Uli > > -- > -Chuck > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany
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