Another way round -- "it" (the server) was only listening on IPv4 and the (Haskell) client only tried to connect via IPv6.
The bug is described here (with a patch): http://trac.haskell.org/network/ticket/30 * Jeremy Shaw <jer...@n-heptane.com> [2010-06-04 16:57:38-0500] > 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 -- Roman I. Cheplyaka :: http://ro-che.info/ "Don't let school get in the way of your education." - Mark Twain _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
