From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 13 19:23:27 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA25625 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 19:23:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from bacchus.eng.umd.edu (bacchus.eng.umd.edu [129.2.94.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA25590 Wed, 13 Dec 1995 19:23:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from cappuccino.eng.umd.edu (cappuccino.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.14]) by bacchus.eng.umd.edu (8.7.3/8.7) with ESMTP id WAA22125; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 22:23:06 -0500 (EST) Received: (chuckr@localhost) by cappuccino.eng.umd.edu (8.7.3/8.6.4) id WAA14393; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 22:23:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 22:23:05 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@cappuccino.eng.umd.edu To: Joerg Wunsch cc: Raul Zighelboim , hackers@freefall.freebsd.org, questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: loopback and multicast messed up on /etc/sysconfig ? In-Reply-To: <199512132130.WAA22846@uriah.heep.sax.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, J Wunsch wrote: > As Raul Zighelboim wrote: > > > > # route_multicast="224.0.0.0 -netmask 0xf0000000 -interface ${hostname}" > > # route_loopback="${hostname} localhost" > > > > If I uncomment this line in sysconfig, the system will not boot. > > (attaching a monitor/keyboard to the pc will allowed me to continue the > > boot process by typing -C, but no multicast nor loopback oute will > > exist. > > Are you using /etc/resolv.conf? Does your nameserver respond to the > reverse query for 224.0.0.0? Did you wait 45 seconds for the DNS > request timing out? > I've been silently a victim of this for a long time. I have a private, 2 machine network, with one machine doing a nameserver, the other resolver. Could you suggest a line for the nameserver that would eliminate this? I'd really appreciate it. I _never_ realized it might be a multicast thing .... > -- > cheers, J"org > > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) > ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: