Which networking packages should be installed by default? On a test installation ping 127.0.0.1 showed nothing. (ifconfig showed 127.0.0.1 was there) Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 025 267 9420 philipc@copyleft.co.nz - preferred. philipc@debian.org I sell GNU/Linux & GNU/Hurd CDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz