Mi propio pc no contesta al ping ¿ porque?

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Hola a todos
Mi propio pc no contesta al ping ¿ porque?
Gracias
root@domain:~$ ping 127.0.0.1
PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
24 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 23006ms

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