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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in2.uu.net!192.109.159.3!news.gtn.com!klicman.de!ora.de!bad From: bad@ora.de (Christoph Badura) Subject: Re: Can't use net cards upon install Message-ID: <E8HGyu.3sB@ora.de> Organization: Verlag O'Reilly References: <334813C6.D23@intermind.com> <slrn5kglbc.avt.grr@shandakor.tharsis.com> <33487F26.6F7@intermind.com> <334D530D.45CA@intermind.com> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 17:08:54 GMT Lines: 24 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5801 In <334D530D.45CA@intermind.com> Steve Mushero <mushero@intermind.com> writes: > ifconfig lo0 127.0.0.1 (don't know why this isn't there already, but >nothing worked until we did this) > route add 127.0.0 127.0.0.1 (add routing for localhost net to >localhost) I've never had to use this on installs. > We also tried the following which may have helped: > ifconfig ep0 link0 and link1 - this may be 3com cards only Yes, you may need linkX flags on the 3com cards. > route add default my_ip_address (not the normal gateway) - shouldn't >need this, but you might try it I never needed this. -- Christoph Badura Now available in print: Lion's Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition, with Source Code http://www.peer-to-peer.com/