Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 14:56:24 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Dan Langille <dan@rock.ghis.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ping 127.0.0.1 => no route to host (fwd) Message-ID: <20000503145624.P8284@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005022136420.57572-100000@rock.ghis.net> References: <20000503135121.L8284@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005022136420.57572-100000@rock.ghis.net>
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On Tuesday, 2 May 2000 at 21:51:18 -0700, Dan Langille wrote: > On Wed, 3 May 2000, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> On Tuesday, 2 May 2000 at 21:10:15 -0700, Dan Langille wrote: >>> I've just swapped a hard drive from a slower box to a faster box. The >>> networking on the new box is fuggered. All pings give no "route to host" >>> including 127.0.0.1. >>> >>> Here are the system details. Thanks. >>> >>> # uname -a >>> FreeBSD ducky.nz.freebsd.org 3.3-19991207-SNAP FreeBSD 3.3-19991207-SNAP >>> #1: Wed May 3 15:07:46 NZST 2000 >>> root@ducky.nz.freebsd.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/DUCKY40S i386 >> >> I was expecting that. There was a problem in 3.3 where loopback >> didn't get installed in /etc/rc.conf. You should be able to fix >> things immediately with: >> >> # ifconfig lo0 127.1 > > Very strange. This was a working system for a long > time. Then I swapped the hard drive to another box. Now, > after recompiling the kernel, I have these problems. > > After doing the "ifconfig lo0 127.1", ping 127.0.0.1 did work, as did a > ping of the local IP address. But... > >> For lasting relief, make sure that you have this in your /etc/rc.conf: >> >> ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" # default loopback device configuration. > > When I made the above change and rebooted, ping 127.0.0.1 no longer > works. Not even after doing a "ifconfig lo0 127.1". There's something very funny here. What does "ifconfig lo0" show you? >> You also *used* to need to set the name in the network_interfaces >> variable: >> >> network_interfaces="ed0 ed1 ep0 lo0 tun0 xl0" >> >> I'm not sure whether that still applied to 3.3 or not. If you have >> network_interfaces in /etc/rc.conf, make sure that it includes lo0. > > lo0 was and is included in network_interfaces in /etc/rc.conf. > Which is why I didn't think the messages I was finding in > -questions applied to my situation. Has this box been upgraded from an earlier release? I note also that it's a snapshot; maybe there was something wrong in that snap. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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