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From: Bo Grimes <boslists@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Network Down Apps trying to use lo instead of eth0
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:42:55
Message-Id: 57dcd8c00810071942y2881e0d5w40abc7a4be536101@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Network Down Apps trying to use lo instead of eth0 by Dale
1 On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > Bo Grimes wrote:
4 > > I rebooted and my network is "down." eth0 is actually running, but
5 > > from what I can tell my applications like Evolution and Firefox are
6 > > trying to use lo.
7 > >
8 > > I have the link set up
9 > >
10 > > # cd /etc/init.d
11 > > # ln -s net.lo net.eth0
12 > >
13 > > /etc/conf.d/net has config_eth0=( "dhcp" )
14 > >
15 > > rc-update add net.eth0 default returns that eth0 is already default.
16 > > I can see it come up when I boot, but lo also comes up. I don't
17 > > remember ever creating lo.
18 > >
19 > >
20 > >
21 >
22 > Check the output of route. It should tell you what it is using for the
23 > default gateway. You can also use route command to set the route.
24 >
25 > Hope that helps.
26
27 Thanks. Here's what I get:
28
29 Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric
30 Ref Use Iface
31 192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0
32 0 0 eth0
33 loopback * 255.0.0.0 U
34 0 0 0 lo
35 default 192.168.2.1 0.0.0.0 U 0
36 0 0 etho

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