2.1.71 and lo
Russell Coker - mailing lists account (bofh@snoopy.virtual.net.au)
Fri, 05 Dec 97 22:32:01 +1000
In kernels 2.1.65 and previous 2.1.x releases on boot it was only
necessary to type "ifconfig lo up"
to get loopback working. Now I have to type
"ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1"
"route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 dev lo"
for it to work.
Why has this changed?