Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was: Unidentified subject!]
On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 11:16:49 +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
>
> This is the "local" interface. It's always there. It doesn't correspond
> to any hardware. For our quest, you can safely ignore that.
Nothing to do with the OP's issue but people might be interested in
knowing that this stanza is not a requirement for inclusion in the
interfaces file. If it is left out you still get a loopback interface.
>From the changelog:
* Add implicit loopback device definition.
-- Andrew Shadura <andrewsh@debian.org> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:44:23 +0200
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Brian.
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