Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:05:44 +1000 From: Malcolm Fitzgerald <mfitzgerald@pacific.net.au> To: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: troubleshooting network settings Message-ID: <4338370af1ff57f6097e5cdb2c134df0@pacific.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20060607164014.EC23B43D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20060607164014.EC23B43D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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On 08/06/2006, at 2:42 AM, Steve Bertrand wrote: > > >>> 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. Yes, that line is in /etc/defaults/rc.conf malcolm
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