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Date:      Sat, 22 Sep 2001 23:19:31 -0400
From:      Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: loopback not working for anything other than 127.0.0.1
Message-ID:  <20010922231931.L24981@pir.net>
In-Reply-To: <000701c143dc$f7331230$0a01a8c0@den2>; from juha@saarinen.org on Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 03:08:06PM %2B1200
References:  <20010922224041.I24981@pir.net> <000701c143dc$f7331230$0a01a8c0@den2>

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Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org> probably said:
> How come it works under Linux?

> --- 127.0.0.2 ping statistics ---
> 6 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

Linux does all sorts of things differently from everyone else, why
would this be any different ?

127.0.0.2 does not respond by default on any UNIX flavor I have access
to immediately - FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, OSF1, etc.

P.

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