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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"

-- 
Jamin W. Collins



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