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The IP address 127.0.0.1 is a special-purpose IPv4 address called localhost or loopback address. All computers use this address as their own but it doesn't let them communicate with other devices as a real IP address does.


Your computer might have the 192.168.1.115 private IP address assigned to it so that it can communicate with a router and other networked devices. However, it still has this special 127.0.0.1 address attached to it to mean "this computer," or the one you're currently on.

The loopback address is only used by the computer you're on, and only for special circumstances - unlike a regular IP address that is used to transfer files to and from other networked devices.
See also, for example:

127.0.0.1 IP Address Explained

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127.0.0.1 is localhost, it's the address of the current machine, accessed through a loopback interface (not through the network adapter - this works even if there is no network chips in the system).
 

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SYSCTL(8)						       System Administration							 SYSCTL(8)

NAME
sysctl - configure kernel parameters at runtime SYNOPSIS
sysctl [options] [variable[=value]] [...] sysctl -p [file or regexp] [...] DESCRIPTION
sysctl is used to modify kernel parameters at runtime. The parameters available are those listed under /proc/sys/. Procfs is required for sysctl support in Linux. You can use sysctl to both read and write sysctl data. PARAMETERS
variable The name of a key to read from. An example is kernel.ostype. The '/' separator is also accepted in place of a '.'. variable=value To set a key, use the form variable=value where variable is the key and value is the value to set it to. If the value contains quotes or characters which are parsed by the shell, you may need to enclose the value in double quotes. This requires the -w param- eter to use. -n, --values Use this option to disable printing of the key name when printing values. -e, --ignore Use this option to ignore errors about unknown keys. -N, --names Use this option to only print the names. It may be useful with shells that have programmable completion. -q, --quiet Use this option to not display the values set to stdout. -w, --write Use this option when you want to change a sysctl setting. -p[FILE], --load[=FILE] Load in sysctl settings from the file specified or /etc/sysctl.conf if none given. Specifying - as filename means reading data from standard input. Using this option will mean arguments to sysctl are files, which are read in order they are specified. The file argument can may be specified as reqular expression. -a, --all Display all values currently available. --deprecated Include deprecated parameters to --all values listing. -b, --binary Print value without new line. --system Load settings from all system configuration files. /run/sysctl.d/*.conf /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf /usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf /usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf /lib/sysctl.d/*.conf /etc/sysctl.conf -r, --pattern pattern Only apply settings that match pattern. The pattern uses extended regular expression syntax. -A Alias of -a -d Alias of -h -f Alias of -p -X Alias of -a -o Does nothing in favour of BSD compatibility. -x Does nothing in favour of BSD compatibility. -h, --help Display help text and exit. -V, --version Display version information and exit. EXAMPLES
/sbin/sysctl -a /sbin/sysctl -n kernel.hostname /sbin/sysctl -w kernel.domainname="example.com" /sbin/sysctl -p/etc/sysctl.conf /sbin/sysctl -a --pattern forward /sbin/sysctl -a --pattern forward$ /sbin/sysctl -a --pattern 'net.ipv4.conf.(eth|wlan)0.arp' /sbin/sysctl --system --pattern '^net.ipv6' DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
The base_reachable_time and retrans_time are deprecated. The sysctl command does not allow changing values of there parameters. Users who insist to use deprecated kernel interfaces should values to /proc file system by other means. For example: echo 256 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/neigh/eth0/base_reachable_time FILES
/proc/sys /etc/sysctl.conf SEE ALSO
sysctl.conf(5) regex(7) AUTHOR
George Staikos <staikos@0wned.org> REPORTING BUGS
Please send bug reports to <procps@freelists.org> procps-ng Jan 2012 SYSCTL(8)
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