Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:37:06 -0700 From: "Andrew Falanga" <af300wsm@gmail.com> To: "Dominique Goncalves" <dominique.goncalves@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IPv4 loopback address is missing, why? Message-ID: <340a29540802191437m557b8e02w91fb96b3b4fe7aa8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7daacbbe0802171214t129d2945l8c035c15c242f95e@mail.gmail.com> References: <200802161041.08346.af300wsm@gmail.com> <7daacbbe0802171214t129d2945l8c035c15c242f95e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Feb 17, 2008 1:14 PM, Dominique Goncalves <dominique.goncalves@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Feb 16, 2008 6:41 PM, Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com> wrote: > > HI, > > > > On my father's computer there isn't an IPv4 loopback address being > assigned to > > the lo0 interface. What would cause this? I've looked at his configs > and > > they're the same as on my system (obviously something is different, but > I > > don't know what). I see in his /etc/defaults/rc.conf the "ifconfig_lo0" > line > > is *NOT* commented out or otherwise altered and his file looks the same > as > > mine (at least on this point, I haven't contrasted the two entirely). > > > > So, why would his system not be configuring an IPv4 loopback address? > After > > bootup, I can add the address manually using ifconfig. > > Do you have > network_interfaces="something" in your /etc/rc.conf ? > If so you need also to add lo0. > > Hope this helps > > His machine does have it in /etc/defaults/rc.conf (I assume this is where it's supposed to be because my /etc/rc.conf file doesn't have it either but I do have it in /etc/defaults/rc.conf), but not in /etc/rc.conf. Basically, his rc.conf files look nearly identical to mine (mine works). I didn't look closely at this /etc/hosts file as the other respondent mentioned but I will. Andy -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is it such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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