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On 08/08/06 14:46, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> Matthew Seaman wrote:
> 
>> Only if you enable IPv6.  ie. you put:
>>
>>     ipv6_enable="YES"
>>
>> into /etc/rc.conf.  That will cause each of your interfaces to have at least
>> a link-local IPv6 address configured, and lo0 will get the ::1 address applied
>> to it.  See /etc/rc.d/ip6addrctl /etc/rc.d/network_ipv6 for the gory details.
>>
>> 	Cheers,
>>
>> 	Matthew
> 
> That notation is in my rc.conf file. It was put there by sysinstall when
> I first installed the system.
> 
> So, shouldn't it resolve to something or is it working the way it is
> designed too?
> 
> 

Might you have removed IPv6 from your kernel config file?

-- 
Regards,
Eric