Messages in this thread | | | From | "Russell Coker - mailing lists account" <> | Date | Tue, 22 Jul 97 19:32:15 +1100 | Subject | Re: adding localhost route and FAQ's |
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>> : /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up >> : /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 >> >> : I get a "SIOCADDRT: No such device" when I run the route command. >> >> Well, when someone complains "No such device", add it! :-) :-) >> >> /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 dev lo >> >> Seriously, this command is more not necessary. >> This route is added automatically.
>FWIW : I think RedHat defaults to doing this... (4.0)
AFAIK all distributions default to this. That is the correct default for a distribution as the 2.0.x kernels require it. After the release of kernel 2.2.0 they should default to not having that route.
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