Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 07:29:06 -0500 From: Jeff <jasapp@facevalue.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: loopback interface Message-ID: <19990930072906.A21654@wallace.resnet.mtu.edu>
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I have a small problem.... I've been running Linux for the last couple of years and two or three weeks ago, I decided to try the latest FreeBSD. I had just finished up installing fetchmail, and I noticed that when it tried to hand it off to localhost it got an unreachable message. Sure enough, when I ping localhost or 127.0.0.1 my packets make it all the way to a router in Dallas. I have the loopback interface built into the kernel, and I can see the interface when I do a netstat -r. It isn't up when I do that, nor does it have an ip assigned to it. I've brought the interface (lo0) up and given it 127.0.0.1, and then I add a route like this. route add -net 127.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 But that still didn't work. I've dug through mounds and mounds of HOWTOs, FAQs, and man pages. Yet I don't find anything on adding this route or how to do it. Is this something that is setup by default and I've messed it up some how? If so, where is file that adds the routes on startup? Thanks in advanced. Jeff -- /* Jeff Sapp jasapp@facevalue.org www.facevalue.org grep 'strcpy' PGP Public key available at: http://www.facevalue.org/pgp.txt (Ya mogu yest' steklo, eto mnye nye vredit.) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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