Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 13:53:29 +1000 From: Malcolm Fitzgerald <mfitzgerald@pacific.net.au> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: troubleshooting network settings Message-ID: <e6af1a84f0fb25e0c42d09a8d4333878@pacific.net.au> In-Reply-To: <447AF91C.10106@daleco.biz> References: <ec8aa3d06887e2834adccfe00c62cc49@pacific.net.au> <447A662C.9050708@daleco.biz> <8f8af4261e016d4487bb94952df8157c@pacific.net.au> <447AF91C.10106@daleco.biz>
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On 29/05/2006, at 11:37 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: >> On 29/05/2006, at 1:10 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote: >>> Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: >>>> I am running freeBSD v6.0 security on a home network behind an adsl >>>> router. I cannot connect to localhost from a browser (apache is >>>> running!) >>>> I cannot connect to localhost port 22 (KPackage tries to use ssh) >>>> What can cause these problems? How can I troubleshoot them? >>>> I am very new to freeBSD, so part of my question is "where do I >>>> begin?". I have a copy of Complete freeBSD beside me but can't get >>>> the magical incantations right. Suggestions appreciated. >>> >>> New to "Nix like" systems in general, or just new to FreeBSD? >>> >>> Here are a few suggestions ... no "magic bullet" here, though: >>> >>> First, check to see if the interface exists: >>> >>> $ ifconfig lo0 >>> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 >>> inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 >>> inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 >>> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 >>> >>> So, we have a loopback interface (in this case on both IPv4 >>> and IPv6). >> bsd-box# ifconfig -a >> rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >> options=8<VLAN_MTU> >> inet6 fe80::2e0:4cff:fe08:e02a%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 >> inet 192.168.1.104 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 >> ether 00:e0:4c:08:e0:2a >> media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) >> status: active >> plip0: flags=108810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NEEDSGIANT> mtu 1500 >> lo0: flags=8008<LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > > Hmm, is that all? Unusual; I'd think the loopback _should_ be set > up correctly. > > `ifconfig lo0 -inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0` ?? > > > If that fixes it, then we have to figure out *why* it's not being > doing automatically. Problem during init/rc, most likely ... weird. Running that command returns this: ifconfig: -inet: bad value malcolm
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