Re: Pinging locahost fails
I can't access to Internet as often as in the past. Sorry for the late
reply!
> > I encounter a very strange problem - failing to see localhost. Hence I
> > can't telnet, ftp, reach http server from this same machine. However,
> > this box is able to reach the outside world and vice versa.
My wrong typo. I meant that this box can not ping or telnet to itself,
but it can "see" the rest of the world. Pinging 127.0.0.1, telneting
localhost, ftping 127.0.0.1 wait indefinitely without error message.
> What error messages do you get? If you're getting "connection refused",
> make
> sure that you haven't set up some firewall rules that prevent access, if
> you're getting name lookup failures, make sure localhost has an entry
> in /etc/hosts.
No error messages including "connection refused". No firewall is setup.
This box can access to any site other than itself. Other hosts can
telnet, ftp to this strange box. Entry "127.0.0.1 localhost" was entered
in /etc/hosts.
Regards,
CN
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