Can't ping localhost?

[P.U.Kruppa]

On Sat, 30 Sep 2006, Chuck Swiger wrote:

> Laurence Sanford wrote:
>> Anyone got any ideas on this?
>> 
>> lauasanf at colossus(~)$ ping 127.0.0.1
>> PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
>> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
>> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
>> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
>> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
>> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
>> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
>> ^C
>> --- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
>> 6 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
>> 
>> 
>> lauasanf at colossus(~)$ ifconfig lo0
>> lo0: flags=8008<LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
>
> If there isn't an "inet 127.0.0.1" entry following, the loopback isn't 
> properly configured.  Perhaps you have a "network_interfaces" entry listed in 
> /etc/rc.conf which does not mention "lo0"...?
I think this entry should live in /etc/defaults/rc.conf

ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1"   # default loopback device
 				# configuration.

Regards,

Uli

>
> -- 
> -Chuck
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-questions at freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
>



Peter Ulrich Kruppa
Wuppertal
Germany