Re: 1.3.99 breaks loopback device?

Bryn Paul Arnold Jones (bpaj@gytha.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 13 May 1996 14:54:24 +0100 (BST)


On Sun, 12 May 1996, Alan Cox wrote:

> > 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.
>
> This is correct behaviour. 127.*.*.* is yourself
>
yes, but the point is that:

route add -net 127.0.0.1

used to work, but now it dosn't (well quite rightly dosn't), but as it's
changed ...
Bryn

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