Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 02:40:45 +0000 From: Tony Byrne <tony@nua.ie> To: "Nawfal M. Rouyan" <wind_prowler@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: localhost doesn't work? Message-ID: <lvm56sstbvvhod2kdi4aa9ovu49ic63dp2@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <19991223210100.38705.qmail@hotmail.com> References: <19991223210100.38705.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, 24 Dec 1999 05:01:00 MYT, you wrote: >Hi, > I'm using freebsd 3.4 stable as of dec 22 1999. It seems that when I = ping=20 >localhost, there is no response. When I try to ftp localhost, also no=20 >response. > >amnesiac# ifconfig -a >ed1: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 10.100.98.141 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.100.98.255 > ether 00:00:e8:e8:4c:2a >lp0: flags=3D8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >tun0: flags=3D8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >lo0: flags=3D8008<LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 This has been the case for me since 3.3-STABLE. If you look in /etc/defaults/rc.conf or /etc/rc.conf you'll see that the loopback (lo0) device isn't explicitly mentioned in the line that specifies which interfaces are to be configured at boot time. Instead there is an entry for 'auto'. I guess this is supposed to spot the loopback device and configure it. I just removed this and replaced it with 'lo0' and added the missing ifconfig line. It's probably not the correct thing to do, but it "worked for me(TM)". Regards, Tony. -- =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Tony Byrne <byrnehq@connect.ie>, Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland. MP3 Musician http://www.mp3.com/tony_byrne Get your copy of the Winamp MP3 player: http://www.winamp.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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