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Date:      Wed, 18 Jun 2003 10:02:51 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        Shantanu Mahajan <freebsd@dhumketu.cjb.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Networking/Routing
Message-ID:  <3EF0710B.9040201@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030618134039.GA190@dhumketu.homeunix.net>
References:  <20030617194009.K99305@malkav.snowmoon.com> <20030618134039.GA190@dhumketu.homeunix.net>

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Shantanu Mahajan wrote:
> +-- Jaime [freebsd] [17-06-03 19:42 -0400]:
> | On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Bryan W. Maxwell wrote:
> | > Im trying to set up my home system as 192.168.2.0, but somehow the local
> | > loop lo0 is still on 127.0.0.1.
> | 
> | 	This is by definition.  lo0 shouldn't ever be anything but
> | 127.0.0.1.  
> 
> 	lo0 can be anything between 127.0.0.1 and 127.255.255.255

I don't want to argue the fine points of IP protocol.

The _point_ is that if you read the original poster's message, he's
not yet at a level of understanding where he should be changing the
IP of his loopback device.

Let's not throw the entire pile of RFCs at him all at once.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com



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