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  • bizt
    #1

    Apache not recognising http://localhost from browser

    Hi,

    I have been using a local installment of Apache web server and PHP on
    my computer. For some reason it has stopped loading my local web pages
    when I enter 'http://localhost' into the browser address bar. For IE it
    displays a page not found and Netscape, it redirects me to Netscape
    search where it does a search for 'localhost'. I cant understand why it
    has been working and all of a sudden just stopped but is there anyway
    to fix this in configuration? My knowledge of apache isnt the best so
    any advice would be much appreciated.

    Thanks

    Burnsy

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    • Gordon Burditt
      #2
      Re: Apache not recognising http://localhost from browser

      >I have been using a local installment of Apache web server and PHP on[color=blue]
      >my computer. For some reason it has stopped loading my local web pages
      >when I enter 'http://localhost' into the browser address bar. For IE it
      >displays a page not found and Netscape, it redirects me to Netscape
      >search where it does a search for 'localhost'. I cant understand why it
      >has been working and all of a sudden just stopped but is there anyway
      >to fix this in configuration? My knowledge of apache isnt the best so
      >any advice would be much appreciated.[/color]

      Can you "telnet localhost 80"? If it can't find an IP address, it
      might be a DNS problem.
      Can you "telnet 127.0.0.1 80"? If this works but the above doesn't,
      it's probably a DNS problem. If you get "connection refused", is
      Apache really running?

      Have you been doing something recently with the "hosts" file?

      Gordon L. Burditt

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        • bizt
          #3
          Re: Apache not recognising http://localhost from browser

          Hmm,

          Now it works. I have recently uninstalled my expired version of Norton
          Security and that may have been affecting it. What do you think?

          Burnsy

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            • Alvaro G. Vicario
              #4
              Re: Apache not recognising http://localhost from browser

              *** bizt escribió/wrote (20 Nov 2005 03:25:32 -0800):[color=blue]
              > Now it works. I have recently uninstalled my expired version of Norton
              > Security and that may have been affecting it. What do you think?[/color]

              It's possible. I've seen too many cases of securities suites just
              preventing normal web browsing.


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