Herbert> hi,
Herbert> this time, no typo. can anyone explain why I cannot even
Herbert> ping loopback ?
Herbert> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Herbert> bootes:/root # ifconfig lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet
Herbert> addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP
Herbert> BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 RX
Herbert> packets:297 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 TX packets:297
Herbert> errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
Herbert> bootes:/root # route -n Kernel IP routing table
Herbert> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
Herbert> 127.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 lo
Of course. You have no 127 *network* address. A host route still must
find a network to send the packets to. If you had a 127.0.0.0 net
route set, you'd be able to ping. The host route would be superfluous,
as well.
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