Yeah, that seems to be the issue. When I commented out the "::1.." line it worked. -deech
On 6/4/10, Jeremy Shaw <jer...@n-heptane.com> wrote: > Perhaps it was only listening on IPv6 ? ::1 ? > > - jeremy > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:30 PM, aditya siram <aditya.si...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I had an issue where using the connectTo [1] function would fail to >> connect to "localhost" if my wireless card was turned off. The moment >> I turned on my wireless connection it worked. But if I use connectTo >> with "127.0.0.1" [2] with my network off it works. >> >> I confirmed that "localhost' resolves to "127.0.0.1" by pinging >> "localhost" from command line with the Internet off. >> >> Is this a bug in "connectTo"? >> >> -deech >> >> [1] connectTo "localhost" (PortNumber some_number) >> [2] connectTo "127.0.0.1" (PortNumber some_number) >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe