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Date:      Wed, 22 Apr 1998 12:52:46 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
To:        mike@chaski.com (michael dorin)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: help! I can't ping my machine from my machine
Message-ID:  <199804221752.MAA12560@horton.iaces.com>
In-Reply-To: <199804221134.LAA20927@chaski.com> from michael dorin at "Apr 22, 98 11:34:24 am"

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In a previous message, michael dorin said:
> 
> Help!
> I've done something without knowing it and now I can't ping or 
> communicate at all on my machine internally.
> 
> I can telnet out.
> I can telnet in.
> 
> I just can do a ping localhost
> 
> or a ping localipaddress...
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> -Mike

What's ifconfig -a and netstat -rn say. 

You've either messed up the route to the local net or
turned off the ethernet interface. Does re-booting
fix it (is it possible?)?



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