Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:59:46 -0400 From: Tim Kellers <kellers@njit.edu> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org>, kellers@njit.edu Subject: Re: can't ping localhost Message-ID: <4C6D46E2.3060808@njit.edu> In-Reply-To: <4C6D45F6.20509@gmail.com> References: <4C6D3E04.5060009@wallnet.com> <4C6D45F6.20509@gmail.com>
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On 08/19/10 10:55, Glen Barber wrote:
> On 8/19/10 10:21 AM, Tim Kellers wrote:
>
>> When I ping localhost:
>> # ping localhost
>> PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
>> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
>>
> Hi,
>
> Is the loopback interface (lo0) up?
>
> Regards,
>
>
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
Nope, it is not. And I don't know how that can happen.
Thanks
Tim Kellers
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