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Old 05-23-03, 02:29 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally posted by Szlater
127.0.0.1 is the local host/loopback address, it's one of the reserved IPs and would not be your router. When you ping it you're just pinging the computer you're pinging from.
Correct. TCP/IP standart reserved 127.0.0.1 as your local loopback address. If you successfully pinging it, it means you have OS TCP/IP stack up and running. But ping to 127.0.0.1 do nothing with Netgear driver and hardware.
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