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bailey · 04-20-2006, 02:32 AM

no, wait:
pinging 127.0.0.1 is the built in ip address for the nic only, for self test, if you can't do that, then the nic is bad.
it is internal of the nic only and has nothing to do with anything outside the nic,
its that or I am missing something.

04-20-2006, 02:32 AM	#16
bailey Member (14 bit) Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Christmas, Florida Posts: 10,661	no, wait: pinging 127.0.0.1 is the built in ip address for the nic only, for self test, if you can't do that, then the nic is bad. it is internal of the nic only and has nothing to do with anything outside the nic, its that or I am missing something.