Subject: Re: Can't ping 127.0.0.1
To: Daniel Eggert <danieleggert@mac.com>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/14/2002 10:36:11 
> pingvin# ping 127.0.0.1
> PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
> ^C

Wait longer :)

Or try "ping -n" to test.

And if that works check:
 grep 127.0.0.1 /etc/hosts
 grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf

(My net/gethost package is useful for troubleshooting this type of DNS
issue.)

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/