On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Bruce Kingsbury <zcat(a)zcat.geek.nz> wrote:
2008/4/30 James Pluck <papabearnz(a)gmail.com>:
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Bruce Kingsbury <zcat(a)zcat.geek.nz> wrote:
*brain-break* Shouldn't that be 127.0.0.1?
Nope. 127.0.1.1
Why is Localhost 1.1 in Ubuntu instead of 0.1 as is the norm?
Enquiring minds and all that :)
localhost is still 127.0.0.1, the name of the machine is 127.0.1.1
Ahh! I wasn't aware of that. I learned something today *grin* And I have no idea why. Googling only comes up with problems caused by it..
no explanation of why they set things up this way.
Hmmm - interesting. -- James Pluck PalmOS Ergo Sum "Dear IRS: I would like to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list..."