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From: matthaei@kwcom.in-berlin.de (Olaf Matthaei)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Pinging myself
Date: 12 Aug 1995 10:28:42 +0200
Organization: Public access FreeBSD system, 15711 Koenigs Wusterhausen, DE
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References: <808168572snz@beckley.demon.co.uk>
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Ian W Taylor (iwta@beckley.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: Having just installed FreeBSD 2.0.5, I thought that I would
: check my installation before conecting to my ISP via PPP.

: I can 'ping localhost' successfully but any attempt to
: 'ping beckley' or 'ping beckley.demon.co.uk' gets no 
: reply.

: Any idea what I am doing wrong ????

Have a lock at /etc/hosts.