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- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnewsm!corey
- From: corey@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (william.c.brown)
- Subject: Re: help! can't telnet/ping own SVR4 system
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 13:26:08 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.132608.12773@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
- Summary: ping/rlogin/telnet to yourself SYSV4
- References: <Bz2uAp.H5@shyguy.lonestar.org>
- Lines: 57
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- In article <Bz2uAp.H5@shyguy.lonestar.org>, bmyers@shyguy.lonestar.org (bob myers) writes:
- > I need the ablility to telnet into my own system (which is a Consensys V4
- > SVR4 unix), due to wanting to run a MUD (Multi-User-Dungeon).
- >
- > For some reason, I can not ping or telnet into my own system. can
- > anyone give me some leads, or do i need to purchase a WD8003 controller
- > and install the WD driver package?
- >
- > the current error message I get is :
- >
- >
- > The following commands were run from /etc/inet/rc.inet
- > /usr/sbin/ifconfig lo0 localhost up
- > /usr/sbin/ifconfig emd0 shyguy up -trailers
- > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): Invalid argument
- >
-
- I got the same thing when I put up ESIX SYSV4.0.4. I solved the
- problem by doing the following:
-
- Change your /etc/hosts file so that the loopback broadcast address
- is marked as loopback and you own system address is marked with
- your system name and localhost. Then, since you don't have network
- hardware, (like me) you need to go into /etc/inet/rc.inet and
- comment out the second call to ifconfig which is used to set up
- any network hardware that you might have...
-
-
- heres an example of /etc/hosts
-
- 127.0.0.1 loopback
- 192.20.32.xxx my-system localhost
-
-
- >
- > the last statement will go away when I use the WD driver, but I'm
- > not thrilled about installing driver software without docs/actual card.
-
- Never install drivers for hardware you don't have...
-
- >
- > any ideas? all inputs will be considered...
- >
- > -bob
-
-
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