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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Routing Hang on Boot
Date: 17 Mar 1996 23:58:59 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu (David E. O'Brien) writes:

> : Convert all names in /etc/sysconfig into numeric IP addresses.
> 
> I've got the same hangs.  Here is the appliable section from
> /etc/sysconfig:
> 
> network_interfaces="ep0 lo0"
> ifconfig_ep0="inet 128.120.56.38  netmask 255.255.255.0"
> ifconfig_lo0="inet localhost"
                     ^^^^^^^^^
This one can't be resolved until named is running (assuming you're
using the default host lookup order [bind, hosts]) and DNS lookups
can happen.  Convert it into 127.0.0.1, and you should go fine.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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