At 12:46 03/07/00, Schalk Klee wrote:

Hi all,

I need some help with a problem I have just picked up. Using SuSE 6.3 with a Realtek network card I have just started getting the problem that I cannot ping the local IP address on eth0. If I try to ping it I get a message about out of buffer space or something to that effect. /var/log/messages says something about neighbour buffer overflow or something. I can however ping any other IP address on the LAN or any Internet IP address vi ippp0 (ISDN dial on demand with Eicon Diva PCI card). 'Ipchains -L' shows no chains installed. Also tried to telnet/ftp into the box, which works fine from any other host but the local machine ?

Double check that you have "127.0.0.1 localhost" in /etc/hosts. It is vital. HTH Koos Pol ---------------------------------------------------------------------- S.C. Pol T: +31 20 3116122 Systems Administrator F: +31 20 3116200 Compuware Europe B.V. E: koos_pol@nl.compuware.com Amsterdam PGP public key available -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq