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Date:      Wed, 7 Jun 2006 12:42:15 -0400
From:      "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca>
To:        <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: troubleshooting network settings
Message-ID:  <20060607164014.EC23B43D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <69cd51de50f2e39fbdc605d214cc5026@pacific.net.au>

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> > Hmm, is that all?  Unusual; I'd think the loopback _should_ 
> be set up 
> > correctly.
> >
> > `ifconfig lo0 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0`  ??
> >
> > If that fixes it, then we have to figure out *why* it's not being 
> > doing automatically.  Problem during init/rc, most likely ... weird.
> 
> I've not had time to address this problem for a week. Going 
> through all the advice again I found that this advice is 
> good. That fixes the problem. Any pointers on getting it done 
> automatically?

Is the following line in /etc/defaults/rc.conf?

ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1"   # default loopback device configuration.

If not, add it there, or simply in /etc/rc.conf

Steve




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