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Nope, perfectly possible to not have an IPV4 address. $ sudo ifconfig lo 0 $ ifconfig lo lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet6 addr: ::1/

by lotyrin 12y ago

Nope, perfectly possible to not have an IPV4 address. $ sudo ifconfig lo 0 $ ifconfig lo lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING [... the rest omitted for brevity] $ ping 127.0.0.1 PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. ^C --- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics --- 32 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss

eropple 12y ago
Interesting. I guess I assumed it'd tack a bunch of zeroes on the front and try it as an IPv6 address. Thanks!