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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
