Re: Ping

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 11:12:40AM -0500, Francisco Ruiz wrote:
> Why can't I ping localhost and the name of my machine.  I have checked
> the hosts file all ok thats all I know to check.
> -- 
> Francisco Ruiz <fruiz tsitrucks com>
> TSI

What error message do you get?

Please post the results of (as root)

  ifconfig

Also post your /etc/hosts and /etc/host.conf.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure earthlink net  http://www.cumbytel.com/~bobcatos/
"In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are 
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