Re: ifup eth0 -- but no connection! argh...
On Saturday 16 February 2002 02:59 pm, will trillich wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 11:59:03PM -0800, ben wrote:
> > On Friday 15 February 2002 11:43 pm, will trillich wrote:
> > > 1) /etc/network/interfaces looks a lot like this:
> > >
> > > # The loopback interface
> > > iface lo inet loopback
> >
> > don't you need an
> >
> > auto lo
> >
> > preceding the rest of the loopback interface?
>
> on my potato server at home, it doesn't seem to. should it?
>
i guess not, if your system works without it. i had the impression that auto
lo was a necessary first entry in the interfaces file, based on the fact that
if i uncomment or delete it, dns resolution is crippled. i'm on a dialup, so
maybe the rules are different.
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