Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:58:08 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPv4 loopback address is missing, why? Message-ID: <20080318075808.GB67489@orion> In-Reply-To: <200802161041.08346.af300wsm@gmail.com> References: <200802161041.08346.af300wsm@gmail.com>
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Andrew Falanga said: > HI, > > On my father's computer there isn't an IPv4 loopback address being assigned to > the lo0 interface. What would cause this? I've looked at his configs and > they're the same as on my system (obviously something is different, but I > don't know what). I see in his /etc/defaults/rc.conf the "ifconfig_lo0" line > is *NOT* commented out or otherwise altered and his file looks the same as > mine (at least on this point, I haven't contrasted the two entirely). > > So, why would his system not be configuring an IPv4 loopback address? After > bootup, I can add the address manually using ifconfig. > Do you know if the machine was set up with IPv6 or IPv4 at install? I've never used IPv6, but perhaps when that is chosen, `ifconfig' doesn't show the IPv4 address for lo0. Just a guess. -- Glen Barber http://www.dev-urandom.com/
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