On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 17:31, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > I was under the wrong impression that on kernels, I cant ping 127.0.1.1, > but at least on 2.6 with no loopback route I am wrong, and it works fine. I > think that has changed, but I am not sure if it is something to care about. I can ping 127.0.1.1 using Linux 2.4.25 too. My local dnsmasq nameserver answers "host" queries at 127.0.1.1. I can ssh and telnet to 127.0.1.1. -- Thomas