newbie: getting wireless going on hardy

jeffrey.berger at mac.com jeffrey.berger at mac.com
Thu Aug 14 17:10:26 UTC 2008


Here's hosts

yaza at ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost ubuntu
127.0.1.1 ubuntu

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
yaza at ubuntu:~$

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Sorry re top post. Learning ...

-J

On Aug 14, 2008, at 11:07 AM, NoOp wrote:

> On 08/13/2008 10:36 AM, jeffrey.berger at mac.com wrote:
>> Thanks! I'm looking at the bug reports. And I've got Terminal in the
>> top menubar.
>>
>> The localhost line in hosts lacks a <machinename>. I'll try adding  
>> it.
>>
>> The rest of the hosts file contains info re IPv6 capable hosts
>> including loopback, localnet, mcastprefix, allnodes, allrouters and
>> allhosts.
>>
>> I don't have mail set up on my ubuntu machine or access over my LAN  
>> so
>> posting hosts is something of a chore.
>>
>> That brings up another problem: my ubuntu IP address is 127.0.etc ...
>> But my LAN is running via Airport Extreme. Addresses (DHCP) are 10.0.
>> etc. The other machine on the LAN (this one) is running Leopard.
>>
>> -J
>
> Please bottom post on this list.
>
>
>>>
>>> Before you edit your hosts file, please post your /etc/hosts file;
>>> Applications|Accessories|Terminal:
>>>
>>> cat /etc/hosts
>>>
>
> At least as a minimum post what you have in these two lines:
>
> 127.0.0.1
> 127.0.1.1
>
>
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