cant ping external website

[Derek Broughton]

Mark Haney wrote:

> 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.

No, it's not.
-- 
derek