Yes, but ping uses ICMP, which is not an accurate indicator of the availability of higher level traffic such as HTTP on port 80.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Geoffrey Khan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 8:54 AM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: (OT) Cannot see Localhost on Apache > > > Michael, > > I pinged Localhost and got the message: > > Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL64 > > I presume from this all is fine, as I have a reply? > > > Geoff > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kajen, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 30 September 2002 13:31 > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: (OT) Cannot see Localhost on Apache > > > HI, > See if you can ping localhost. Maybe something happened to your dns > settings. mk > > -----Original Message----- > From: Geoffrey Khan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 7:05 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: (OT) Cannot see Localhost on Apache > > > Hello, > > Sorry for the off topic manner of this email but I am having trouble > with my Apache server and was wondering if anyone on this > list can help > me? > > For about a year I had Apache 1.3.20 set-up on my Windows 98SE machine > running PHP 4.1.1 (and Coldfusion) on it with no problems. I > would type > http://localhost/ <http://localhost/> (or http://127.0.0.1/ > <http://127.0.0.1/> ) in my browser and be able to see the > directories > with all my files in them and edit them accordingly. > > However, last week I started up Apache and opened a browser and typed > Localhost but nothing happened! All I would get would be a white blank > screen and if I typed in the address of a specific file within the > directory I would get a "Pager cannot be displayed" error. > > I tested this in IE, Netscape and Mozilla (along with > clearing the cache > in each browser) and all of them were the same. > > I decided to uninstall Apache 1.3.20 and upgrade to 1.3.26 > figuring that > if I started with a newer version of Apache the problem would be > eradicated and I would have a more up-to-date version of the server. > > This I have done, but still I cannot gain access to any of my > files and > still it gives me a blank white screen if I type Localhost and a "Page > cannot be displayed" error message if I try and navigate to a specific > file within the directory. > > I have scanned the Apache web site, trawled through the newsgroups, > studied my config file indepth, but cannot see where the problem lies. > > > Could someone please take a look at my config file and try to see why > this is happening because as far as I can tell everything is > fine and I > haven't changed anything since the last time it worked OK? > > Please disregard the fact that I haven't loaded the PHP > modules yet (and > Coldfusion as well) as I will do this after I have managed to sort out > the Localhost problem. > > Your help would be very much appreciated. > > > Regards, > > > Geoff Khan B.Sc (Hons) > <http://www.shining-path.com> www.shining-path.com > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
