Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 06:08:30 -0500 From: Laurence Sanford <lauasanf@wilderness.homeip.net> To: "P.U.Kruppa" <ulrich@pukruppa.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't ping localhost? Message-ID: <451FA1AE.90300@wilderness.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20061001042415.D4236@pukruppa.net> References: <451DCFD4.3070408@wilderness.homeip.net> <451E74C8.6070702@mac.com> <20061001042415.D4236@pukruppa.net>
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P.U.Kruppa wrote: > 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<LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> 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. > Thanks Uli, I checked based on your post, and it is there. Perhaps I have something running at startup that's breaking things? Looks like I'll be digging a little more to see what I can find.
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