From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 18 07:58:17 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 211EE1065674 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:58:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD3D28FC15 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:58:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so6367310wxd.7 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:58:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:list-id:user-agent; bh=MfNUwpPuX47zm0VQDcBS/365NTWToryz+k7+BIIMVcc=; b=EmSo4zaBWhWUa76NdPsmsunbaLGWsZ9tHMnIKOMg6w0AT963HWfiZwwfZHUZbebsfSJscg7uhgWGON12xDBqkToowrRc+yTT20bZTdJGvJLRTpwvy3OIax2V+IGg/qm0wmVqoW738zOVlgOBSmTgTgXu1XVoAhlgKuF95vIeqLk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:list-id:user-agent; b=I0IpcElV4EDSaOeWbpoGWVhlcbcNNMRJRcVFwUZFmvxRWpmaTz8xe4QMtYZF+yRxbjy0Vpa16WDYaZRxZlpq4N3SOIkAZfxvrjFWgk8pt4xRjegNfpeirSFJhwf7Bv23Ov8VYRWTQPLgcGg0fXu2bbT0RtWfuH5RN02MQjc0VT0= Received: by 10.150.152.17 with SMTP id z17mr793386ybd.106.1205827095535; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:58:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hexidigital.org ( [24.229.62.9]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h12sm12978159wxd.2.2008.03.18.00.58.11 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:58:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gbarber by hexidigital.org with local (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1JbWi0-0006vX-VG for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:58:08 -0400 Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:58:08 -0400 From: Glen Barber To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080318075808.GB67489@orion> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200802161041.08346.af300wsm@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200802161041.08346.af300wsm@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Subject: Re: IPv4 loopback address is missing, why? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:58:17 -0000 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/