cant ping external website

Mark Haney mhaney at ercbroadband.org
Wed Sep 24 15:36:25 UTC 2008


Rashkae wrote:
> Mark Haney wrote:
> 
>> Well for starters never use 127.0.x.x for /anything/ other than the 
>> loopback.  That's a bad idea.
>>
> 
> Actually, that's the Debian/Ubuntu default.
> 
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 127.0.1.1 $myhostname
> 
> 'tis all good.
> 

Seriously?  Why?  That's just silly.  And a bad idea.

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Mark Haney
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ERC Broadband
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