[HttpClient] No Route to host when using IP Addr for hostname on linux

[Arash Nikkar]

I haven't been able to figure this out, but when I run my application on
linux and I use an ip addr as the hostname on a linux box (I have tried 4
different ones). I get the following error:

4-Mar-08 7:58:19 AM
org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirectorexecuteWithRetry
INFO: I/O exception (java.net.ConnectException) caught when processing
request: No route to host
4-Mar-08 7:58:19 AM
org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirectorexecuteWithRetry
INFO: Retrying request


but the request never gets through, but if i change the ip address to a
hostname, everything works fine (Note: I don't get this problem on windows).

I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to why this is occuring. Here is
a short excerpt of how I am executing my get method:

GetMethod getMethod = new GetMethod();
        getMethod.getParams().setParameter("USE_EXPECT_CONTINUE", new
Boolean(true)); //this is a result of connection reset on linux machines
        getMethod.getParams().setCookiePolicy(CookiePolicy.RFC_2109);
                    getMethod.setURI(new URI("http://x.xx.xx.xx/test.html,
false));
                    statusCode = client.executeMethod(getMethod);

the code sits on the executeMethod call.

Any ideas?

--arash