John, appart from your correct info on dns, I do not think thats John's problem, (confict on Johns' here :-)...
He is using http://localhost:8080 and localhost works without manually adding it in the hosts file (usually ?) On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:24 PM, john fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > aha! > the hosts file ( see Fotis for location I believe he has it right for > WinXP) > lists ip addresses with domain names so your PC knows that > me.mydomain.com equates to 200.111.86.76 > The key here is that the OS reads the hosts file first and then asks > DNS, so whatever you put in will override what your public DNS server says. > see "name resolution" and "domain name service" IIRC Windows help is > pretty good on this... > > When Tomcat ( or any app ) Gets an http request it has to be able to > figure out the IP address from either "localhost" or "name.domain.com" > hence the need for hosts file and DNS. > If your browser says "http://..."; it still uses the network interface, > even if its all on one machine. this is a Good Thing. If it uses > "file://..." then not. > > This is why the raw ip address works and localhost doesn't - see? > > HTH sorry if its a bit pedantic > John > > > ralcab wrote: > > (3) Excuse my ignorance, but what's a host file? I'm self taught on > > this and pretty new to it. > > > > > > > > -- Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. Founder, Phinnovation [EMAIL PROTECTED],
