[plug] Can't connect to ports on localhost

[Nigel Duff]

On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 11:19:02AM +0800, James Devenish wrote:
> 
> > I noticed there wasn't a loopback in ifconfig but bringing up lo doesn't
> > make a difference (whats correct policy, should there always be a lo
> > interface?).
> 
> Yep, you should always plumb a loopback interface, and it should always
> be set up with loopback addresses like 127.0.0.1 (IPv4), 0.0
> (AppleTalk), ::1/128 (IPv6), etc. Otherwise, M will try to reach these
> addresses by directing the packets its default router (provided by
> iiNet, in your case).

Ok, thanks to you and Ben its working. Need to add "auto lo" to
/etc/network/interfaces. Spotted that 127.0.0.1 wasn't bound to lo in
ifconfig.

Now to catch up on 400 emal.

Thanks again guys.

Nigel