Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 13 Jun 1996 17:37:17 +0100 (BST) | From | Bryn Paul Arnold Jones <> | Subject | Re: route add -net failure at boot |
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On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Darrin R. Smith wrote:
> I am running the 2.0 kernel on my machine and I noticed that on bootup > route fails to add a route to 127.0.0.0. I tried adding the route > manually several times with successive failures each time. After I > started pppd to get online, however, I could add the route > just fine. > > For reference, the command used was: > > route add -net 127.0.0.0 >
Hmm, that should work, have you done the 'ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1' first ?
> --Darrin > > BTW - I did check the Documentation directory and it doesn't mention > anything other than a syntax change to use 127.0.0.0 instead > of 127.0.0.1 If this isn't a bug, then it should be > documented. > Yep, but you still have to do the ifconfig on 127.0.0.1 ;) Bryn -- PGP key pass phrase forgotten, \ Overload -- core meltdown sequence again :( | initiated. / This space is intentionally left | blank, apart from this text ;-) \____________________________________
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