this time, no typo.
can anyone explain why I cannot even ping loopback ?
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bootes:/root # ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1
RX packets:297 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
TX packets:297 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
bootes:/root # route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
127.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 lo
bootes:/root # ping 127.0.0.1
PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
ping: wrote 127.0.0.1 64 chars, ret=-1
--- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
bootes:/root # route add -net 127.0.0.0
bootes:/root # ping 127.0.0.1
PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
--- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
bootes:/root # uname -a
Linux bootes 2.0.17 #1 Thu Sep 5 09:05:52 MET DST 1996 i586