Hostname Resolution not working in Explorer

[Richard Jones]

On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 14:38, Peter Hansen wrote:
> Gary Spivey wrote:
> > I have windows XP Home, and IE6. I have a zope server running on my box.
> > The server is running fine, and I can access if it I access
> >
> > http://127.0.0.1:8080/mange
> >
> > However, if I use
> >
> > http://localhost/mange
> >
> > the page isn't found. The same holds true if I use my hostname rather
> > than localhost - also, the actual IP address works.

This is a common problem with Windows - it doesn't know how to resolve 
"localhost" in some situations. Usually it coincides with you changing the 
network configuration (unplugging a network cable or something).

Repeat after me, Windows is dumb.


    Richard