In a message to STEWART BUCKINGHAM, FRANK SEXTON wrote re: VMODEM
FS>  -> rem Set the LOCAL LOOPBACK address
FS>  -> ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
FS>  ->
FS>  -> Everyone should do this. A lot of software *assumes* that
FS>  -> your system is set up this way right out of the box.  Warp
FS>  -> 4 isn't.
FS>  SB> I didn't know that. Why do we need to do this?
FS>  To do a loopback test (grin).
FS>  The local loopback verifies the fact that the TCP/IP stack is loaded
FS> correctly and that your NIC is operating properly.
It will also let you use tcp/ip software without being connected to a 
network. Eg, I use it to read usenet news offline, with "changi" running on 
my machine as the news server.  Just point the reader to the loopback address 
and it reads the news off the disk instead of going out on the internet for 
it.
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