[ale] Resolving

[Jeff Hubbs]

I'm used to seeing distros coming out-of-the-box with an /etc/hosts with
one line that links "localhost" to 127.0.0.1.  

- Jeff

Jason Lynn wrote:
> 
> This is most likely a stupid question, but...
> Since my cable modem has been down, I have been unable to resolve
> "localhost" and even the IP address on my internal NIC.  This may have been
> caused because I've been "tweaking" a few things.  :)  My question is, if
> I'm not running named, how does my computer resolve "localhost" and even my
> local IP address?  Would it normally go to the (now unreachable) DNS servers
> to resolve "localhost"?  How about my internal IP... the DNS server knows
> nothing about my internal addresses, so how are they resolved?  And why
> aren't they being resolved now (ie pinging 192.168.0.1 from 192.168.0.1
> isn't working, though pinging 192.168.0.1 from 192.168.0.2 IS working)?
> Like I said... stupid question... but I'd appreciate any insight.  Thanks.
> 
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