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plasmid
01-26-2001, 01:06 AM
when mandrake boots, I notice a a message saying "starting network interface lo" What exactly is this??

-plasmid
bleg26
01-26-2001, 01:12 AM
It is the loopback interface, also called localhost. It's IP is always 127.0.0.1. It is needed by several apps, even if you don't do any networking.