[ale] Can't ping localhost

[Raj Wurttemberg]

Local firewall blocking icmp traffic?  I ask because some data is traversing
lo:

          RX packets:** 41 ** errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:** 41 ** errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

/Raj

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
DJ-Pfulio
Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 10:24 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Subject: [ale] Can't ping localhost

$ ping localhost
PING localhost (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
^C
--- localhost ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 5040ms

Huh? 6 dropped packets.

$ ifconfig lo
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
          RX bytes:3444 (3.4 KB)  TX bytes:3444 (3.4 KB)