Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 22:47:11 -0500 (CDT) From: Just another Joe <joe@team7.cba.ualr.edu> To: Charles Cox <cscox@jps.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't find localhost Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910062242440.658-100000@njal.ualr.edu> In-Reply-To: <000801bf104b$07388740$482842ab@Stanford.EDU>
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On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Charles Cox wrote: > Hell(o) everyone, > I have just installed freebsd 3.3 on my Pentium class system. I am > still using the generic kernal, although the rebuild is on its > way... I have a newly supported (thanks guys) 3c905c-TX NIC. > All of the networking seems to be working fine, with the exception > of one thing, and that it I cannot ping myself. I get an ARPresolve > failure. I was thinking that there was a DNS problem, since I am > using an external server, but that wasn't it. I checked ifconfig > -a, and found that my 3c905c is working in half-duplex mode. Could > this be the problem? > > Thanks in advance. > Chuck > > Have you checked "http://www.freebsd.org/releases/3.3R/errata.html"? There is a known problem with the loop-back device. -Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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