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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!not-for-mail From: font@MCS.COM (Font) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Where did localhost go? Date: 11 Sep 1996 20:36:25 -0500 Organization: MCSNet Services Lines: 16 Message-ID: <517pep$lla@Mars.mcs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mars.mcs.com ~ $ ping 127.0.0.1 PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes ping: sendto: Host is down ping: wrote 127.0.0.1 64 chars, ret=-1 I'm pretty sure that this worked before I configured and tested user mode PPP. What should I look for in order to get this working again? I took a peek into /etc/sysconfig to see if anything got changed, but everything referring to localhost or lo0 is unchanged. Pinging the other machine in my network works fine, as does pinging the local machine by actual name in /etc/hosts (yes, localhost it in /etc/hosts). 2.1.5R. -- font@mcs.net Wishes are like dishes.