I had the same problem in LM7.2 -- it took me ages to figure out!

In your /etc/rc.d/rc.local, add the following:

ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
route add -host 127.0.0.1 lo

That should fix the problem.

On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:50, Frederico Figueiredo wrote:
> I'm trying to use loopback on M7.2!
> And I can't. I don't know why.
> When I do "ping 127.0.0.1" it says "Network Unreachable"
> Can someone help me please?
>
> Thanks,
> Fred

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