Re: neighbour table overflow
On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 21:11:00 +0100
john gennard <joney@clara.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm in the process of installing and configuring Woody. Boot
> messages give 'neighbour table overflow' on numerous occasions.
> I have not seen this before, could someone please explain what
> is meant, how it arises and whether I have a problem. Is there any
> way to rectify/get rid of the message. There is no shortage of disc
> space or physical RAM and no hardware conflicts (in fact Potato
> has run on a separate hard drive on this box for some two years).
TMK, this is caused by not having a loopback interface defined. You can
check this with "ifconfig". If you don't have one listed add the
following to your /etc/network/interfaces:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
and issue "/etc/init.d/networking restart"
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Jamin W. Collins
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