Network Routing - localhost

[mihochan]

Hi,

I've had some trouble for a while now.

I have a number of services, such as MPD, that I want accessible from the LAN.

They require that I specify a bind address - I would like to specify that address as localhost or 127.0.0.1. But,
when I do the service is inaccessible from outside.

I have worked around the problem by using the IP assigned to the ethernet card, but this is really unsatisfactory. The services don't start for instance if the network is down or changes and I need to know the IP address that will be assigned in advance.

How can I set up my routing table to solve the problem?

Here is the current set up:

[di1bert]

If you want it accessible from your network you're going to have to assign it an IP address.
localhost / 127.0.0.1 is for host only networking and it used by local applications.

Why not statically assign an IP address to your PC so you can get things done ? What is unsatisfactory
about this setup ?

-m

[mihochan]

The main problem is that the machine is not always connected to the network. I don't want things to stop working just because I have to disconnect the ethernet cable.
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[vaguy02]

So you want the services to run for the network and locally on the host, so that if the network cable is disconnected the services are still running on the localhost but not the network?
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[mihochan]

yep.

there is also a related problem that the router-modem I use does not reliably assign the same IP address to any given ethernet card. If the IP address changes, everything dies. I have tried to permanently assign IP addresses but this is either not possible or the router doesn't function as it should.
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