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Netstat Command ambiguity

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yrana2002
yrana2002 Original post #1
Sep 30, 2009 at 9:01 PM
I ran the netstat command to check up on my network connections. I have a few queries...


1. Why does it show my local address as 127.0.0.1(localhost) and sometimes as my own real LAN ip (192.168.196.100)?
Whats the difference in the two cases?

2. Some listings shows local address as 0.0.0.0 How can this be possible?

Please see snapshot to get an idea of what im talkin about


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v-6mata #2
Oct 1, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Are you using a static IP address or DHCP config from the router?