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On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Chuck Lewis wrote:
[SNIP]
>      127.0.0.2        255.0.0.0        *LOOPBACK    *NONE
>
> So that all appears to be redone for no interference, correct ?
[SNIP]

You changed your loopback interface to 127.0.0.2...  don't do that.

Your loopback interface should always be 127.0.0.1, on all machines that
you use.  When something is sent to 127.0.0.1, it goes to the local
computer, and never goes out over the network -- therefore, it can't
conflict with other computers.

You should never change the address of your loopback interface, it should
always be 127.0.0.1 -- many programmers will hard-code this address into
their software, changing it could break some things.


>      127.0.0.1        LOOPBACK
>                       LOCALHOST
[SNIP]
> The LOOPBACK deals aren't different - do they need to be unique between
> systems.

Host tables have no affect on other computers.   I usually discourage
people from ever using the host table, you should use DNS instead.  But,
"LOCALHOST/LOOPBACK" is a special case.  It should *ALWAYS* be defined in
your host table, and it should always point to 127.0.0.1


> 172.16.10.81     AS400_2.LEESUPPLY.NET
[snip]

I strongly recommend not putting an underscore in a domain name.   I don't
think it's allowed by the standards, and although it MIGHT work in a host
table, I don't think it's a very good idea.

If you must do something like this, use a dash, like as400-2.leesupply.net.
A better idea is to use an entirely different name, so that it's
unambiguous...


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