One further note. You can have a 'machine' address by using the dummy
interfaces. eg. dummy0
This is particularly useful on a box with more than one interface as it
allows you to connect through the most appropriate interface by
connecting to dummy0. It also means that if one interface is down you
can still connect to the machine via the other interface with out having
to specify a different address - highly recommended!
Note that this is seen as another interface and will need to be a
different subnet, you would also need to make sure there is a route to
it, either via static routes or preferably via gated or routed.
Graham...
Michael Jinks wrote:
>
> Javier Joe Reyes wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > In installing a private network via net configurator assuming the net
> > address is 192.168.0.0 what do you have to do with the local address of
> > 127.0.0.1 do you keep it or is it removed and let the 192.168.0.0 be the
> > first interface?
>
> You leave 127.0.0.1 as the address of 'localhost', the internal IP interface
> on your machine. Make 192.168.1.[1-254] the address of eth0, which is the
> name of the interface that the net will actually see.
>
> Don't name an interface 192.168.0.0, since zeroes in net addresses are
> sometimes seen as wildcards. And you can't use 255 because that's the
> 'broadcast' address.
>
> Machines can have lots of interfaces (WAY more than two) and addresses belong
> to interfaces, not to machines.
>
> You should NEVER fool with localhost or with 127.0.0.1; BAD things will
> happen. Plagues, famine, you name it.
>
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