Loopback test with 127.0.0.1

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steve

If you can't ping the loopback address - 127.0.0.1 - you
have a NIC card problem. Replace your NIC card and ping
yourself..it should work (unless you replaced it w/a
faulty NIC card).
 
"steve" said:
If you can't ping the loopback address - 127.0.0.1 - you
have a NIC card problem. Replace your NIC card and ping
yourself..it should work (unless you replaced it w/a
faulty NIC card).
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I don't think that we can conclude anything about the NIC card. The
127.0.0.1 IP address is internal to the TCP/IP stack, and it should be
pingable even on a computer that doesn't have a NIC card.

Failure to ping 127.0.0.1 is most likely caused by an improperly
configured firewall program.
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