Re: localhost vanished

[Joydeep Bakshi <hizibizi@spymac.com>]

On Thursday 28 Apr 2005 6:43 pm, Kent West wrote:
> Jpydeep Bakshi wrote:
> >I have just checked  *ping 127.0.0.1* and have found  *network
> > unreachable*
>
> What does "/etc/network/interfaces" look like?
>
> enjae[westk]:/home/westk> cat /etc/network/interfaces
> # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
>
> # The loopback interface
> # automatically added when upgrading
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback

I have the above lines in my /etc/network/interfaces
>
> # The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian
> installation/etc/network/interfaces
> # (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
> # automatically added when upgrading
> auto eth0
> #iface eth0 inet static
> #       address 192.168.123.2
> #       netmask 255.255.255.0
> #       network 192.168.123.0
> #       broadcast 192.168.123.255
> #       gateway 192.168.123.1
>
> iface eth0 inet dhcp