> >with one NIC enough, if ping/telnet/ftp is working to the 127.0.0.1
> >as well as the *IP*, then the NIC is supposedly okay.
>
> Well,
> That might not be exactly a sound inference. When you are using a
> loopback interface, ie 127.0.0.1, the datastream is not channelised via
> the Physical layer (ie NIC). The data is instead routed into the same
I said , 'if ping/telnet/ftp is working to the 127.0.0.1 as well as the
*IP*' okay ?
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