Re: netstat mystery

From: Alexander Dalloz (ad+lists_at_uni-x.org)
Date: 11/25/04

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    To: akonstam@trinity.edu, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:22:31 +0100

    Am Do, den 25.11.2004 schrieb akonstam@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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