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Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!demos!news.glas.apc.org!glas!vega From: Vlad D. Nebolsin <vega@glas.apc.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Pinging myself Message-ID: <APC&63'0'18d7dd0b'c16@glas.apc.org> References: <808168572snz@beckley.demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 03:48:22 +0400 X-Gateway: notes@glas.apc.org Lines: 17 /* Written 12:04 am Aug 14, 1995 by gary@palmer.demon.co.uk */ > In article <APC&63'0'18d7dd0a'3f1@glas.apc.org>, > Vlad D. Nebolsin <vega@glas.apc.org> wrote: > >why 0xff000000 ? try 0xfffffff0 instead. > > 0xff000000 is the correct netmask for the loopback interface - it has > a class A address range reserved for it AFAIR, and is the default netmask > for all *BSDs that I am aware of. > > Gary I'm sorry, guys, I certainly was wrong. Sure the problem in the /etc/hosts and /etc/hosts.conf files. Vlad.