gethostbyaddr(IPv6:::1) failed

dick hoogendijk dick at nagual.st
Sun Apr 20 08:45:35 PDT 2003


On 19 Apr Karl M. Joch wrote:
> Dick Hoogendijk wrote:
> >## gethostbyaddr(IPv6:::1) failed: 1
> >## gethostbyaddr(192.168.0.1) failed: 1

> add
> 
> ::1	localhost localhost.mydomain.tld
> 
> to /etc/hosts

Thanks. Will do. But do I need to put these in too: (?)

::1	ip6-loopback
fe00::0	ip6-localnet
ff00::0	ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1	ip6-allnodes
ff02::2	ip6-allrouters
ff02::3	ip6-allhosts

I read today that this is recommended for IPv6 Capable Hosts

-- 
dick -- http://www.nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE
++ Running FreeBSD 4.8 ++ Debian GNU/Linux (Woody)


More information about the freebsd-questions mailing list