Craig,
Wednesday, August 10, 2005, 4:35:11 PM, you wrote:
CB> David,
CB> are you connecting to localhost or 127.0.0.1.
I have tried both
CB> I have had problems in the past where a DNS server returned a
CB> value for localhost which was not 127.0.0.1.
there should not be a 'dns' server involved .. in fact I have just
disconnected from the network and tried .. still no good. (thought
windows probably has a 'mini' dns under the covers)
CB> It could explain why you had problems on both machines.
man .. don't i wish
THe problem with this line of thinking is that MySql, which is another
database I use, and apache etc use local host and resolve to
127.0.0.1.
I really wonder about some contention with telnet and/or rpc
CB> You might also have a look at your hosts file in \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32
CB> and see where it maps localhost to.
hosts file found
CB> What do you see if you:
CB> nslookup localhost
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\David Tod Sigafoos>nslookup localhost
*** Default servers are not available
Server: UnKnown
Address: 127.0.0.1
*** UnKnown can't find localhost: No response from server
C:\Documents and Settings\David Tod Sigafoos>
CB> and
CB> ping localhost
ping is cool ..
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\David Tod Sigafoos>ping localhost
Pinging DSigsHpLaptop [127.0.0.1] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
C:\Documents and Settings\David Tod Sigafoos>
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