netstat mystery
Alexander Dalloz
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Thu Nov 25 19:22:31 UTC 2004
Am Do, den 25.11.2004 schrieb akonstam at trinity.edu um 20:03:
> Previously on my systems when a computer is not connected to the
> Internet netstat -r returns:
>
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
> 169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
> 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
The lo route is absent since FC2 (kernel 2.6), because the kernel does
local routing itself.
> However, on my FC3 system currently the 127.0.0.0 line is absent. When
> I execute a ifconfig lo the output is:
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
Yes, the loopback device is there.
> so the lo interface seems to be up and ok. Can anyone explain why the
> 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
>
> is missing?
I am sure the answer could be found on the LKML (Linux kernel mailing
list).
> Aaron Konstam
Alexander
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