Re: Strange IP address...

[Rob Browning <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>]

Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu> writes:

> In a nutshell: this is normal.  You don't have a problem.

I'm not sure if this is related, but there was one problem with the
*configuration* of the loopback interface that was fixed in the latest
package.

The original /etc/init.d/network read:

# Configure the loopback device.
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
route add 127.0.0.1
 
It should read:

# Configure the loopback device.
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
route add -net 127.0.0.0 dev lo 

This is mentioned in the Changes file for the new kernel (among other
places).

--
Rob