question.. i must of done something a few weeks back and never relized it messed up. but as of now i can't make any local connections. All network unreachables. ifconfig shows lo and ppp0 both up and running. Any remote host can make a connection without a problem, as long as im not connecting/pinging localhost from localhost
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/home/legacy> ping localhost PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes --- localhost ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/home/legacy> telnet localhost Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Network is unreachable [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/home/legacy> another thing.. if i made a local mistake would that explain verio sending me icmp_time_exceeded? Nov 13 22:37:22 plink icmpinfo: ICMP_Time_Exceeded < 207.21.100.33 [h3-paix1.ncal.verio.net] > 127.0.0.1 [localhost] sp=34308 dp=23 seq=0xb8f409aa sz=36(+20) Much apriciated if anyone can help. -Rich Perow -! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>