Networking Quiz #49: Localhost

[jaksback]

The "localhost" is......

Answer: b. A special name used to identify the local machine using IP address 127.0.0.1

 

[mikesgroovin]

Hmmmm......actually.....none of the above

glad to see the quizes still going jaksback!

 

[jaksback]

In computing the term localhost refers to the location of the currently used system. It is a loopback device which is assigned the IP address 127.0.0.1, which can be used by TCP/IP applications to talk to themselves if this is needed. (wikipedia)

 

[mikesgroovin]

hehe...i know what a localhost address is man....
but before the quiz choices were edited... ( ) the localhost was at "127.0.0.0" and not "127.0.0.1".....thats what i was referring to...... i knew it was a typo.....just given you crap


thanks a bunch for taken these quizzes over for me!!

 

[office politics]

special name? you could be more specific by saying that its a hosts file entry. Take it out of the hosts file and it doesn't exist anymore.

 

[mikesgroovin]

right....call it csamuels 127.0.0.1 in a hosts file and then use a ping csamuels command and it'll return results (provided that your adapter is functional..... )