Somebody in the thread at some point said: >> Check that your local machine name appears in /etc/hosts on the same >> line as 127.0.0.1, eg >> >> 127.0.0.1 mymachine localhost.localdomain localhost >> > I personally would not set my machine name to 127.0.0.1. I would > leave that as just localhost.localdomain localhost. > > I would then set the 192.168.n.n mymachine How do you deal with dhcp-acquired addresses then? At least coming at your own machine by 127.0.0.1 is always available even if you have no external address on any interface. -Andy
