Questions tagged [localhost]

Localhost is an address/term used for testing connection to the local host (current computer) used for some network troubleshooting

localhost (all lowercase) (meaning this computer in computer networking) and is the standard hostname given to the loopback network interface.

IPv4

Under IPv4 the standard localhost address is normally assigned to:

127.0.0.1

IPv6

In full notation, the address under IPv6 is:

0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1
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How to enable access to LAN?

I don't have a domain name. And I browse my site by "http://localhost" How to enable visit my site by guys not in LAN?
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Proxmox on localhost network + 32 bits host

I'm working in installing Proxmox on localhost network. Installing the PVE kernel works fine : root@localhost:~# uname -a Linux localhost 2.6.32-14-pve #1 SMP Sat Sep 22 08:55:13 EST 2012 i686 GNU/Linux Here is my /etc/hosts file…
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WGET Localhost 0 bytes

Hi I am trying to execute wget locally using cron, I have been told by my hosting that due to a local loopback that this won't work? I am attempting the following command: wget -q -O /pathtofile/blah.xml "http://myurl/myfeed.php?id=26" What I am…
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"Connection to host lost" on telnet to port 25

i installed smtp4dev to test receive mails in my localserver(xampp) for the registration form here: https://github.com/panique/php-login note: localserver is on port: 8080 my php.ini file for SMTP section is as follows and the smtp is activated as…
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Apache2's root dir problem

I have apache2 setup on my local machine with virtualhosts. In my hosts file, i have this: 127.0.1.1 mysite 'mysite' is a site, in which i have php scripts that use include('/path/to/whatever'); If i type 'mysite' in my browser's url, everything…
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browser downloads site page on nginx server

I have a wordpress copy on nginx on my localhost. when I wants to open it with browser, the browser just downloads a php file and does not open the site. my /etc/nginx/nginx.conf file cotains: user nginx; worker_processes 1; error_log …
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How to setup testing environment for local HTTPS website?

I'm developing a web application on a local Ubuntu machine. Some IE8 users have problems with Javascript when the application is loaded over SSL. To debug this issue, I need to reproduce the problem. So I have installed Virtual Box with Windows XP…
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Set up postmaster using Postfix on Ubuntu 14.04

I am in need of serious help. I have been on Google, Stackoverflow, Postfix's website and numerous forums. I am officially stuck, I even tried to replicate another machine's config files. The Problem: I am trying to set up Thunderbird to catch…
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ubuntu 127.0.0.1 not working, going timeout

Today i've restarted my ubuntu 11.04 server and now the 127.0.0.1 is not working anymore, it still loading for a while and then timeout. I've tried to make a traceroute and this is the result traceroute 127.0.0.1 traceroute to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1),…
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tftp times out on localhost

On the same server, I can't connect to my in.tftp over localhost name: $ tftp localhost -c put test.file && echo Sent\! Transfer timed out. $ tftp 127.0.0.1 -c put test.file && echo Sent\! Sent! Does the tftp centos client ignore the hosts file? …
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Can I set up port forwarding to emulate not just a port but another IP address?

I am running a proprietary Windows application which functions like a server. You install the program, and then it broadcasts itself over port 13083. The program is web-based, so it's accessed entirely through the browser. If I enter…
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Bypass IIS Basic Authentication for localhost

I'd like to have a website authenticated with basic auth, but then also allow the website to access itself locally. That is, I want to allow unauthenticated access only from localhost. In IIS I have only basic authentication enabled (not worrying…
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accessing localhost?

i had installed WAMP and registered a domain to link my website and hav resolved the dynamic ip issue which is assigned by of WAN interface. Now web ever i write my registered domain e.g: www.myweb.com , it open my DSL modem authentication page.…
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Forwarding the endpoint (at localhost) of an SSH -L tunnel to another machine

Even after long searching and trying I'm not able to solve the following puzzle: Client A --------------------------> Server B (172.26.15.15/24) ssh -L 4321:localhost:4321 Server C (172.26.15.16/24) Client 'A' has a ssh tunnel,…
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Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' after changing TCP/IP Port

When I change the TCP/IP Port the MySQL Server will listen on port=3306 to port=3808 in my.ini, my Django project works very well. Navicat also can login in to mysql with same user name and password. But I can't login into mysql via the…
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