Re: 1.3.99 breaks loopback device?

Bryn Paul Arnold Jones (bpaj@gytha.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 10 May 1996 15:11:02 +0100 (BST)

On Wed, 8 May 1996, Kayvan Sylvan wrote:
> After booting with 1.3.99, I noticed the following:
>
> bash# /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
> bash# /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.1
> SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument
>
This works, but I'm not sure if it's right:

route add -net 127.0.0.0

It lets me ping 127.0.0.x on the loopback device, is this the effect you
wanted, or without it, I can ping only 127.0.0.1.
Bryn

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