Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:14:04 -0700 From: James <oscartheduck@gmail.com> To: Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IPv4 loopback address is missing, why? Message-ID: <1203257644.5760.7.camel@pclmills> In-Reply-To: <200802161041.08346.af300wsm@gmail.com> References: <200802161041.08346.af300wsm@gmail.com>
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On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 10:41 -0700, 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. > > Andy I don't know, but the first place I'd look is /etc/hosts and make sure it's configured correctly there. It's also configured in /etc/network.subr Did you do a make buildworld recently and not complete it entirely? James
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