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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Connecting to local host (not localhost, though)
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 17:48:46 +0100
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5qb4bh$gfr@uriah.heep.sax.de>,
j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:
> Patrick McConnell <patrick@patrick.interlog.com> wrote:
>
>> I use FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE and a dial-up Internet connection. When the
>> machine is not connected, I can connect to the host using its hostname,
>> which is "patrick". But when I dial in, it won't let me.
>
> Add the line
>
> add MYADDR 127.0.0.1
>
> to your ppp.linkup.
That's "add MYADDR 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1". "add" insists on the
netmask (and has it as arg 2) for hysterical reasons.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !