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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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Default localhost on mac lion moving slowly

When developing on my mac the default localhost server runs very slowly compared to the mamp server. I ran nmap on the both servers and got back a significant difference. Unfortunately, this is out of my realm of knowledge. What does it mean and is…
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connecting to local apache2 server from within local network

On machine X I can connect to 127.0.1.1 (I have a php script running on machine X that calls phpinfo() and it runs fine). X machines IP on the network is 192.168.1.101. I go over to machine Y and type in 192.168.1.101 in the browser address bar…
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localhost files are not showing up on port 80

I browse to localhost/ and nothing is shown. No web page, no 'page not found' etc. However, I change httpd.conf to use port 8080, then browse to localhost:8080/ and my local pages show up. Why would this happen? Is something else using port 80? What…
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Unable to share a file in local network by Macs?

This question is based on this question. I have two Macbooks in the same network. Both computers get the internet from the network. I guess that I can share files between the two Macs without Internet. I have tried to put files to the folder…
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How would the outside world access my machine?

I have a local address e.g: http://127.0.0.1:8125/ -> this works, How would I access this using a different PC lets say from work, or friends house or allow anyone to access this? I am using node.js to create a simple server and listens for the…
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My external IP opens my adsl model configuration instead of pointing to my server even after PF?

I have forwarded port 80 of my ADSL router modem (DLINK DSL 2640 T) for virtual server 192.168.1.18 which is my server running apache . Problem is typing 192.168.1.18 points to apache webpage on my host but when typing my external ip address…
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.htaccess working on remote server but does not work on localhost. Getting 404 errors on localhost

MY PROBLEM: When I visit localhost the site does not work. It shows some text from the site but it seems the server can not locate any other files. Here is a snippet of the errors from firebug: "NetworkError: 404 Not Found -…
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cannot access local webserver mac osx lion

When i try to access my local webserver on my Macbook Pro 15". i keep getting 403 Forbidden I have eveything correctly set up in: my hosts en vhosts files. Also is the chmod of the directory in question 0755. Any idea what might be the problem?
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Web application on Local network

This is the same question asked here. I don't know if this issue was resolved. I am unable to connect to my local server from other network PCs. I am using Eclipse with Tomcat to run my web application. It is a simple demo html page with no server…
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Ubuntu, Siemens router and resolving the localhost

after installing anew Ubuntu 11.04 can't resolve to localhost. I'm trying: root@valk-pc:~# nslookup localhost Server: 10.0.0.138 Address: 10.0.0.138#53 Non-authoritative answer: *** Can't find localhost: No answer My /etc/resolv.conf has…
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Multiple virtual hosts on localhost for development

I'm using Xampp (Apace 2.2.20) on mac os lion for development. I have a number of CMS projects and i want to access them by going to cms1.localhost, cms2.localhost, cms3.localhost etc Currently, with the setup I have below, all requests to the…
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cant access my local web server with the external IP

I havent been able to find a solution to my particular problem. I have a MAC which I set up as a web server and configured my router to forward to the local IP. When trying to access my site from outside, it does say "It works!", however, when I…
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Postfix in Localhost

I have set postfix in localhost. but why it reject to use the other username except my computer name. i've set the main.cf as follow: myhostname = yuki alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases myorigin =…
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Cannot connect to apache listening on http://localhost/ without a network connection

I have not tested on windows. but in ubuntu when you disconnect from the network, start Apache, and enter localhost in any browser, it does not show the page it is supposed to show. 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 vksTP # this is how the /etc/hosts…
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Can't access specific directory/files on Apache [Server not found]

I've currently tried to setup a webserver on my Fedora 15 machine to run content management systems locally. My purpose for this is to gain some experience with administration of webservers. However, i've run into a problem when trying to…
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