From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 1 02:23:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8216C16A407 for ; Sun, 1 Oct 2006 02:23:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Received: from pukruppa.net (pukruppa.net [213.146.114.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE99C43D53 for ; Sun, 1 Oct 2006 02:23:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Received: from pukruppa.net (pukruppa.net [213.146.114.24]) by pukruppa.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k912Nujo014982; Sun, 1 Oct 2006 04:23:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 04:23:56 +0200 (CEST) From: "P.U.Kruppa" To: Chuck Swiger In-Reply-To: <451E74C8.6070702@mac.com> Message-ID: <20061001042415.D4236@pukruppa.net> References: <451DCFD4.3070408@wilderness.homeip.net> <451E74C8.6070702@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Laurence Sanford Subject: Re: Can't ping localhost? 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, 01 Oct 2006 02:23:59 -0000 On Sat, 30 Sep 2006, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Laurence Sanford wrote: >> Anyone got any ideas on this? >> >> lauasanf@colossus(~)$ ping 127.0.0.1 >> PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes >> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address >> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address >> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address >> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address >> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address >> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address >> ^C >> --- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics --- >> 6 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss >> >> >> lauasanf@colossus(~)$ ifconfig lo0 >> lo0: flags=8008 mtu 16384 > > If there isn't an "inet 127.0.0.1" entry following, the loopback isn't > properly configured. Perhaps you have a "network_interfaces" entry listed in > /etc/rc.conf which does not mention "lo0"...? I think this entry should live in /etc/defaults/rc.conf ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" # default loopback device # configuration. Regards, Uli > > -- > -Chuck > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany