-=> /* Quoting Stewart Buckingham to Frank Sexton */ <=-
 -> For those that don't know how...  it's done like this...
 ->
 -> rem Set the LOCAL LOOPBACK address
 -> ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
 ->
 -> Everyone should do this. A lot of software *assumes* that
 -> your system is set up this way right out of the box.  Warp
 -> 4 isn't.
 SB> I didn't know that. Why do we need to do this?
To do a loopback test (grin).
The local loopback verifies the fact that the TCP/IP stack
is loaded correctly and that your NIC is operating
properly.
-Frank
(fsexton@ibm.net - http://www.concentric.net/~fsexton)
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