On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 11:16:49 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > > This is the "local" interface. It's always there. It doesn't correspond > to any hardware. For our quest, you can safely ignore that.
Nothing to do with the OP's issue but people might be interested in knowing that this stanza is not a requirement for inclusion in the interfaces file. If it is left out you still get a loopback interface. >From the changelog: * Add implicit loopback device definition. -- Andrew Shadura <andre...@debian.org> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:44:23 +0200 -- Brian.
