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Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!palmer.demon.co.uk!palmer.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: gary@palmer.demon.co.uk (Gary Palmer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Pinging myself Date: 13 Aug 1995 19:04:44 +0100 Organization: none Lines: 11 Message-ID: <40lers$4q1@palmer.demon.co.uk> References: <808168572snz@beckley.demon.co.uk> <APC&63'0'18d7dd0a'3f1@glas.apc.org> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: palmer.demon.co.uk In article <APC&63'0'18d7dd0a'3f1@glas.apc.org>, Vlad D. Nebolsin <vega@glas.apc.org> wrote: >why 0xff000000 ? try 0xfffffff0 instead. 0xff000000 is the correct netmask for the loopback interface - it has a class A address range reserved for it AFAIR, and is the default netmask for all *BSDs that I am aware of. Gary