Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 18:05:18 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Malcolm Fitzgerald <mfitzgerald@pacific.net.au> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: troubleshooting network settings Message-ID: <447CCFAE.6090603@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <ddb228f08a10a191606ad9d4216e5d0b@pacific.net.au> References: <ec8aa3d06887e2834adccfe00c62cc49@pacific.net.au> <447A662C.9050708@daleco.biz> <8f8af4261e016d4487bb94952df8157c@pacific.net.au> <447AF91C.10106@daleco.biz> <e6af1a84f0fb25e0c42d09a8d4333878@pacific.net.au> <447C3A9D.2030908@daleco.biz> <ddb228f08a10a191606ad9d4216e5d0b@pacific.net.au>
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Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: > > On 30/05/2006, at 10:29 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > >> Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: >>>> Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: >>> Running that command returns this: >>> ifconfig: -inet: bad value >> >> >> Bah! I'm on the road too much lately. No "dash" >> before "inet" ... > > here's the output > > bsd-box# ifconfig lo0 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 > bsd-box# ifconfig -a > rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > options=8<VLAN_MTU> > inet6 fe80::2e0:4cff:fe08:e02a%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > inet 192.168.1.104 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > ether 00:e0:4c:08:e0:2a > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > status: active > plip0: flags=108810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NEEDSGIANT> mtu 1500 > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 In addition to Jorn's advice, check /etc/defaults/rc.conf. The file should exist and have permissions like so: $ ls -l /etc/defaults/rc.conf -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 31735 May 15 18:48 /etc/defaults/rc.conf and it should have the following line within: $ grep lo0 /etc/defaults/rc.conf ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" # default loopback device configuration. If all these aren't true, that would explain why the loopback isn't configured. Kevin Kinsey -- There's an old proverb that says just about whatever you want it to.
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