From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 17 20:41:21 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 3FB0416A41A for ; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:41:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dominique.goncalves@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C230013C45B for ; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:41:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dominique.goncalves@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b27so1662597fka.11 for ; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:41:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=tpS45QPagPeZwLA/LsRO+1PPP3N/UdJALo80YWtM2D4=; b=aMYrAtMWT7efm5qe0IrfkYCN4wNzfNCwZV61GS/fwtfnWRa+g2HLwYQzuvHf7WK8KJknYvwUk7OQTJUe33UvU+mFq4vsoGob92FPUzG3MCEjqv7ZU6qsyUEa6+dBRh4rI9SWPnBq9mtf1k86QCYh0vAZPS7VfrSzWpBw2kKaGMo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=U9I00I1pbOUGnWkRIF3x6mvzRRFRBnQoQiF/Wzw67+ljmbygKi6yzvcjax6zHgz0ePstjIwY2l8uPVrN5En6bOeoEijrURGEp7Zj0lZAtMVOt/Mp0yns2DdnIP4QSbBoVg6I/4JrWDgvJqpobWd37Ugzv5FBoL+E5cjNt/eXK/o= Received: by 10.78.161.4 with SMTP id j4mr7677815hue.25.1203279274026; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:14:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.156.2 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:14:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7daacbbe0802171214t129d2945l8c035c15c242f95e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:14:34 +0100 From: "Dominique Goncalves" To: "Andrew Falanga" In-Reply-To: <200802161041.08346.af300wsm@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200802161041.08346.af300wsm@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions 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: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:41:21 -0000 Hi, On Feb 16, 2008 6:41 PM, Andrew Falanga wrote: > 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 have network_interfaces="something" in your /etc/rc.conf ? If so you need also to add lo0. Hope this helps > Andy > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- There's this old saying: "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for life."