ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address

[Kevin Kinsey]

GLADtr GLADtr wrote:
> Hello my friends! Help me please with its problem. I`m don`t understood what
> it is problem...

I doubt I do either, but I'll bite.

> *mx# uname -a*
> FreeBSD mx.taricat.ru 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #1: Mon Jan 25 09:28:38
> UTC 2010     root at mx.taricat.ru:/usr/obj/
> usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
> mx#
> 
> *mx# 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
> ^C
> --- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
> 2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
> 
> *mx# ping localhost*
> PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
> ^C
> --- localhost ping statistics ---
> 2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss


What does `ifconfig lo0` say? Anything in /var/run/dmesg.today
about lo0?


> *mx# ping `hostname`*
> ping: cannot resolve mx.taricat.ru: Host name lookup failure

What about `head -n 40 /etc/hosts`?  Looks like the
machine can't find its own address.  `cat /etc/resolv.conf` ?

> *mx# ping google.com*
> PING google.com (74.125.87.103): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 74.125.87.103: icmp_seq=0 ttl=56 time=188.367 ms
> 64 bytes from 74.125.87.103: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=180.537 ms
> ^C
> --- google.com ping statistics ---
> 3 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 33.3% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 180.537/184.452/188.367/3.915 ms
> 
> *mx# ping 10.10.0.113*
> PING 10.10.0.113 (10.10.0.113): 56 data bytes
> 
> ^C
> --- 10.10.0.113 ping statistics ---
> 193 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
> mx#
> 
> *mx# ifconfig*
> xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,
> RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>         options=9<RXCSUM,VLAN_MTU>
>         ether 00:01:03:09:2e:b4
>         inet 10.10.0.114 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 10.10.0.127
>         media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
>         status: active
> plip0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
>         options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
>         inet6 fe80::1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
>         inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
>         nd6 options=3<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV>
> mx#

OK, you don't have an `inet` (IPv4) address configured
for the lo0 device.  That's the issue.  Try `ping6 localhost`
or `ping6 ::1`.

> *mx# netstat -rn*
> Routing tables
> 
> Internet:
> Destination        Gateway            Flags    Refs      Use  Netif Expire
> default            10.10.0.126        UGS         2       97    xl0
> 10.10.0.112/28     link#1             U           2      465    xl0
> 10.10.0.114        link#1             UHS         0        0    lo0
> 
> Protocol Family 28:
> Destination        Gateway            Flags    Netif Expire
> (28) 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 (28)
> 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 UH
> lo0
> (28) 0000 0000 0000 fe80 0003 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> link#3             U         lo0
> (28) 0000 0000 0000 fe80 0003 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000
> link#3             UHS       lo0
> (28) 0000 0000 0000 ff01 0003 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 (28)
> 0000 0000 0000 fe80 0003 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 U
> lo0
> (28) 0000 0000 0000 ff02 0003 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 (28)
> 0000 0000 0000 fe80 0003 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 U
> lo0
> mx#
> 
> *mx# less /etc/rc.conf*
> hostname="mx.taricat.ru"
> #ifconfig_xl0="inet 91.198.171.167 netmask 91.198.171.128"
> #defaultrouter="91.198.171.129"
> #ifconfig_ste0="inet 10.10.11.100 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> #pf_enable=YES
> #pf_rules="/etc/pf/conf"
> #named_enable=YES
> ifconfig_xl0="DHCP"
> sshd_enable=YES
> #pflog_enable=YES
> #clear_tmp_enable=YES
> #smartd_enabled=YES
> #samba_enable=YES
> #nmbd_enable=YES
> #smbd_enable=YES
> #samba_config="/usr/local/etc/smb.conf"
> #zfs_enable="YES"
> /etc/rc.conf (END)