Is the proxy running correctly? Find out using netstat -tlnp (as root in Linux). Windows has netstat as well, I cannot remember the correct options, though.
Port 8080 should be reported as open. Otherwise you have a problem. Regards, Felix On 10/08/2010 05:39 PM, bharatraj viswamani wrote: > > I did set it as listed below. Opening the browser gives me a HTTPstatus code > 400 error(bad request with invalid hostname or page cannot be displayed) > >> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 17:32:34 +0200 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: recording issues jmeter >> >> >> >> On 10/08/2010 05:25 PM, bharatraj viswamani wrote: >>> >>> IP address of the machine running jmeter - my local machine >>> Ip address/DNS name of the webserver - taking any website like google.com >>> proxy settings - no proxy settings are enabled for localhost. Is it >>> possible to record without using proxy server as tht may involve some ports >>> to be opened >> >> I'm not familiar with the tutorial you used, but not making proxy >> settings in the browser is plain wrong. >> >> As Jmeter is running on your machine, you will want to set your browser >> to use the proxy 127.0.0.1 Port 8080. >> >> Make sure to start the Jmeter proxy before starting to record (your >> browser will alert you to a proxy error otherwise, anyway). >> >> Cheers, >> Felix --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]

