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Date:      Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:09:00 +0000
From:      eoghan <freebsd@redry.net>
To:        Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com>
Cc:        Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: hosts file
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Derek Ragona wrote:
> You have no address on the loopback.
> 
> You should have:
> ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1"   # default loopback device configuration.
> 
> in /etc/rc.conf or /etc/defaults/rc.conf
> 
> Add one of these, and reboot to make sure the problem doesn't recur.
> 
> You can manually do an ifconfig:
> ifconfig lo0 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
> 
>         -Derek
> 

I have added that line to my rc.conf:
ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1"
The output of ifconig -a is the same and i cant ping 127.0.0.1...



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