Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:14:34 +0100 From: "Dominique Goncalves" <dominique.goncalves@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: <7daacbbe0802171214t129d2945l8c035c15c242f95e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200802161041.08346.af300wsm@gmail.com> References: <200802161041.08346.af300wsm@gmail.com>
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Hi, On Feb 16, 2008 6:41 PM, Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com> 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. Do you have network_interfaces="something" in your /etc/rc.conf ? If so you need also to add lo0. Hope this helps > Andy > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- There's this old saying: "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for life."
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