Actually, if you request a page on a Windows server from the same server the traffic is not routed at all.
Regards, -- Howie Hamlin - inFusion Project Manager On-Line Data Solutions, Inc. - www.CoolFusion.com inFusion Mail Server (iMS) - The Award-winning, Intelligent Mail Server PrismAV - Virus scanning for ColdFusion and BlueDragon applications Find out how iMS Stacks up to the competition: http://www.coolfusion.com/imssecomparison.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ iMS-Lite - the completely free mail server solution for applications and application servers http://www.coolfusion.com/iMSLite ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- On Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:11 PM, Justin D. Scott scribed: --- > > > Is your server on a non-routable IP address behind a NAT router? If > that is the case and you're using the URL to connect, your server is > likely sending the request out to the router, and then the router > doesn't know to send the request back to the server for processing. > Some of the newer routers with > NAT will handle this properly, but not all of them will. > > That would explain the "connection failure" that CFHTTP is throwing > back at you. If this is the case, you may need to add a line to your > hosts file so that when you resolve your domain from within the > server it will return the internal LAN address instead of getting the > external IP via DNS. > > > ----------------------------------- > Justin D. Scott > Vice President > Sceiron Interactive, Inc. > www.sceiron.com > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 941.378.5341 - office > 941.320.2402 - mobile > 877.678.6011 - facsimile > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:202628 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54