also sprach Judith Elaine Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.05.18.2325 +0200]: > Looking at the output of route, we note that there is no entry for > destination 127.0.0.0 nor any entry for Iface=lo. > > We tried the command > $ route add -net 127.0.0.0 > and got the error > SIOCADDRT: invalid argument. > > We looked at the ifconfig output for the lo device and noted that > there is no broadcast IP and that BROADCAST isn't running. > > Is this a problem we need to fix?
no. the loopback interface implicitly defines the route, and what good does broadcast do on the localhost net? alternatively to installing a DNS server, you might want to look into adding IPaddress-name pairs into /etc/hosts to solve the resolving problems that tcp-wrappers cause when reverse DNS isn't working. -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] "a compliment is like a kiss through a veil." -- victor hugo
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