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[[!meta title="Linux cannot ping itself, but others can ping the box"]]
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This is just a small reminder for me and everybody else who gets
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fooled like me:
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If the loopback device (lo) is not up, you cannot ping localhost!
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This is true for all local addresses, even though they are not
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on the loopback interface! It's kind of confusing, because everybody
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else can ping the box, only Linux cannot ping (or reach anyhow) localhost.
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So the quick solution is
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ip link set lo up
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This problem has been solved and described on other sites as well,
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but if this one helps you not to spend three hours debugging your
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nfs setup, it's worth populating the net with yet another article
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regarding this problem.
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[[!tag unix]]
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