From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 19 15:55:36 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D55D16A418 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:55:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wd9get@amsat.org) Received: from mail8.sea.safepages.com (mail8.sea.safepages.com [216.127.148.228]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A3BC13C458 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:55:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wd9get@amsat.org) Received: by mail8.sea.safepages.com (Postfix, from userid 1012) id 8966128275; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:55:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from Galen.amsat.org (cpe-67-10-192-121.houston.res.rr.com [67.10.192.121]) by mail8.sea.safepages.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 936E027F96; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:55:17 +0000 (GMT) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:54:41 -0500 To: "Kevin Downey" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "Keith E. Brandt, M.D." In-Reply-To: <1d3ed48c0703182343n4ed29060jbd538a619935973c@mail.gmail.co m> References: <20070319033634.017101ECD71@mail14.mdx.safepages.com> <1d3ed48c0703182343n4ed29060jbd538a619935973c@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Message-Id: <20070319155517.936E027F96@mail8.sea.safepages.com> Cc: stenn@ntp.isc.org Subject: Re: IPv4 loopback - solved X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:55:36 -0000 >>Disregard - I found the 'network_interfaces' line of rc.conf was >>lacking lo0. I added it back in and it seems to be booting correctly. >unless you are sure you need the 'network_interfaces' line in rc.conf >I would comment it out. the default value for it in 6.2 is 'auto' and >I have never seen that not work. I commented it out, and it rebooted with the proper configuration. The strange thing is I installed the default configuration, did not add in the 'network_interfaces' line manually, and have not edited the /etc/defaults/rc.conf file. So I'm not sure how it got broken in the first place. Bottom line is all is up and running now. Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LtCol Keith E. Brandt, MD, MPH USAF-NASA Aerospace Medicine Liaison Officer Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas wd9get@amsat.org Goodbye cruel world that was my home- there's cleaner space out here to roam Put my feet up on the moons of Mars- sit back, relax, and count the stars *This message transmitted with 100% recycled electrons