From: s_titz@ira.uka.de (Olaf Titz) Subject: Re: NET-2 : loopback device problem ! Date: 15 Jun 1993 15:11:00 GMT
In article <1993Jun14.094112.2618@Xerxes.hanse.de> tim@Xerxes.hanse.de (Tim Themann) writes:
> localhost is just a loopback; if You woant to telnet to your machine, telnet
> summer.
Which should be equivalent in this case, provided you got /etc/hosts
(or the DNS) and /etc/rc.net right (127.0.0.1 and own IP address both
configured for the loopback device).
> : 140.113.190.42 summer
> : 140.113.190.0 network
> : 140.113.190.254 router
> : 127.0.0.1 localhost loopback
Correct.
> Usually, localhosts ip-addr is 127.0.0.0 --- look for this in /conf/net and
> in /etc/rc.inet1!
Wrong, localhost IP is *always* 127.0.0.1.
> #router IN A 192.0.2.1
> Xerxes IN A 192.0.2.64
> loopback IN A 127.0.0.1
Correct.
Olaf
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