From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 30 7:12:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from unix.megared.net.mx (megamail.megared.com.mx [207.249.162.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4433F15A08 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 07:12:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Received: from ales (ales.megared.net.mx [207.249.163.251]) by unix.megared.net.mx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA75798; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 09:10:43 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Message-ID: <009601bf0b4d$aa745040$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx> Reply-To: "Alejandro Ramirez" From: "Alejandro Ramirez" To: "Jeff" , References: <19990930072906.A21654@wallace.resnet.mtu.edu> Subject: RE: loopback interface Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 09:11:18 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, Check out this page, it will tell you about the loopback interface: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/3.3R/errata.html Have Fun... Ales ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff To: Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 7:29 AM Subject: loopback interface > I have a small problem.... I've been running Linux for the last > couple of years and two or three weeks ago, I decided to try the latest > FreeBSD. > > I had just finished up installing fetchmail, and I noticed that when it tried > to hand it off to localhost it got an unreachable message. Sure > enough, when I ping localhost or 127.0.0.1 my packets make it all the way > to a router in Dallas. > > I have the loopback interface built into the kernel, and I can see the > interface when I do a netstat -r. It isn't up when I do that, nor does > it have an ip assigned to it. I've brought the interface (lo0) up > and given it 127.0.0.1, and then I add a route like this. > route add -net 127.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 > But that still didn't work. > > I've dug through mounds and mounds of HOWTOs, FAQs, and man pages. Yet I don't > find anything on adding this route or how to do it. Is this something > that is setup by default and I've messed it up some how? If so, where > is file that adds the routes on startup? > Thanks in advanced. > > Jeff > > -- > /* > Jeff Sapp jasapp@facevalue.org www.facevalue.org > grep 'strcpy' > PGP Public key available at: http://www.facevalue.org/pgp.txt > (Ya mogu yest' steklo, eto mnye nye vredit.) > */ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message