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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.rediris.es!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news1.digital.com!pa.dec.com!depot.mro.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!usenet From: Jon Jenkins <jenkinsj@ozy.dec.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: BIND, DNS and route broken ?? Date: 7 Aug 1995 21:02:34 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corp Lines: 39 Message-ID: <405v1a$e45@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> References: <3vmk8a$pgr@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <401aeu$ine@enigma.uniserve.com> <9508062104.AA17122@oils.ozy.dec.com> <Pine.BSF.3.91.950806180942.673B-100000@haven.uniserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ozyd13-p3.ozy.dec.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; BSD/386 uname failed) X-URL: news:Pine.BSF.3.91.950806180942.673B-100000@haven.uniserve.com Tom Samplonius <tom@haven.uniserve.com> wrote: > > Exactly what is "local traffic"? Traffic for an address that is local >should never go out the wire, as it should match the address of a >connected interface. It should not be necessary to add routes to lo0. OK try this: ping <myself> unless you have a route to the loopback driver installed the default route will send it out on the slip link to wherever. The try this: <xapp> -display <myself>:0 again unless you have the local loopback installed it will not work. It will also not work if you have the DISPLAY env set to <myself>:0. For some reason I dont understand most X apps dont seem to need this, but some do. I think it is something to do with default display not being "localhost" but I really know zip about X. What I do know is that if you install this route then it all works fine. Have a look in the /etc/netstart file, last line # use loopback, not the wire route add $hostname localhost its there for a reason, dont ask me what that reason is.... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Dr Jon Jenkins Location: Digital Equipment Corporation NaC Voice/Fax: 61-7-55-75-0151/100 Burnett Place, Research Park, Inet: jenkinsj@ozy.dec.com Bond University, Gold Coast Close Proximity: "HEY YOU !!!" QLD, AUSTRALIA 4229 "Daddy, what's outside the Universe?" (My 5 year old.....) -----------------------------------------------------------------------