Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:36:26 -0500 From: "Keith E. Brandt, M.D." <wd9get@amsat.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: IPv4 loopback - solved Message-ID: <20070319033634.017101ECD71@mail14.mdx.safepages.com>
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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. Sorry for the bandwidth! Keith >While trying to configure ntp, I discovered that my IPv4 loopback >was not being configured. I can manually restart it with 'ifconfig >lo0 add 127.0.0.1', however, it does not survive a reboot. > >Here's the output of ipconfig following boot: > >rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > options=8<VLAN_MTU> > inet 192.168.0.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > ether 00:08:54:dd:65:8d > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > status: active >plip0: flags=108810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NEEDSGIANT> mtu 1500 >lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > >and after manually configuring: > >rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > options=8<VLAN_MTU> > inet 192.168.0.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > ether 00:08:54:dd:65:8d > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > status: active >plip0: flags=108810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NEEDSGIANT> mtu 1500 >lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > > >What do I need to configure to get it to come up at bootup? Any >thoughts as to why it disappears? >(I'm running FreeBSD 6.2 stable, downloaded and installed about 3 wks ago). > >Keith >(newcomer to FreeBSD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
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