diff --git a/ubuntu/helpers/hosts b/ubuntu/helpers/hosts
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+# host file
+127.0.0.1    localhost
+127.0.1.1    HOSTNAME
+# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
+::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
+ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
+ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
+# end