Re: Strange IP address...
> Anyway, the intranet is a Window NT net and while goofing around I
> discovered that my machine has two IP addresses. One is the one
> assigned, 172.16.18.5 and the other is 127.0.0.1. I think I have gone
> through all the config files in /etc and I can't find out where this
> address is being sent out from. When I reboot with just the Windows for
> Workgroups the address disappears so I am assuming it is an artifact of
> one of the network items I installed on the Linux side.
>
> Can someone tell me which package has this generic address and where I
> can find it and kill it?
The 127.0.0.1 address is the so-called localhost-address. Linux uses this
address if it is running standalone, no network available, and for local
purposes. Thus you should not remove this address, which normally is found
int /etc/hosts.
Andreas.
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