Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 08:37:32 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Malcolm Fitzgerald <mfitzgerald@pacific.net.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: troubleshooting network settings Message-ID: <447AF91C.10106@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <8f8af4261e016d4487bb94952df8157c@pacific.net.au> References: <ec8aa3d06887e2834adccfe00c62cc49@pacific.net.au> <447A662C.9050708@daleco.biz> <8f8af4261e016d4487bb94952df8157c@pacific.net.au>
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Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: > > On 29/05/2006, at 1:10 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > >> Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: >>> I am running freeBSD v6.0 security on a home network behind an adsl >>> router. I cannot connect to localhost from a browser (apache is running!) >>> I cannot connect to localhost port 22 (KPackage tries to use ssh) >>> What can cause these problems? How can I troubleshoot them? >>> I am very new to freeBSD, so part of my question is "where do I >>> begin?". I have a copy of Complete freeBSD beside me but can't get >>> the magical incantations right. Suggestions appreciated. >> >> New to "Nix like" systems in general, or just new to FreeBSD? >> >> Here are a few suggestions ... no "magic bullet" here, though: >> >> First, check to see if the interface exists: >> >> $ ifconfig lo0 >> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 >> inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 >> inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 >> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 >> >> So, we have a loopback interface (in this case on both IPv4 >> and IPv6). > > bsd-box# ifconfig -a > rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > options=8<VLAN_MTU> > inet6 fe80::2e0:4cff:fe08:e02a%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > inet 192.168.1.104 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > ether 00:e0:4c:08:e0:2a > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > status: active > plip0: flags=108810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NEEDSGIANT> mtu 1500 > lo0: flags=8008<LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 Hmm, is that all? Unusual; I'd think the loopback _should_ be set up correctly. `ifconfig lo0 -inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0` ?? If that fixes it, then we have to figure out *why* it's not being doing automatically. Problem during init/rc, most likely ... weird. KDK
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