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From: Jim Lowe <james@miller.cs.uwm.edu>
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To: hackers@freebsd.org, james@miller.cs.uwm.edu
Subject: Re:  arp problem with 2.0.5?
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> I am having trouble pinging a machine on my local network.  The messages
> file shows the following error:
> 
> 	/kernel: arplookup 129.89.9.13 failed: host is not on local network
> 
I figured this one out a few minutes after I sent it to hackers@freebsd.org.
The problem was I was bitten but the 

	route_loopback="${hostname} localhost" 

line in sysconfig.  It would sure be nice if IP numbers were used rather
than a DNS lookup when the system is booting.

	-Jim