Vista - localhost not found

Hi,
when I have no network cable plugged in, niether http://localhost/ nor
127.0.0.1 can be found. How to solve this?

Thanks,
Jan

Running 5744 I forgot to say. I think a little bit that it worked on
previous builds.

"Jan Kucera" <uam@centrum.cz> wrote in message
news:773EE165-5B6D-4D9F-B746-5E1F5974B6EE@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> when I have no network cable plugged in, niether http://localhost/ nor
> 127.0.0.1 can be found. How to solve this?
>
> Thanks,
> Jan

what are you trying to accomplishe here, are you trying to run a website on
this box when no cable is attached. i can imagine, that the IP stack will
not start before the stack can connect to something lika a cable (working
NIC.) if you need this, you could try to install a Microsoft loopback
adapter, this gives you network features even though you do not have an
network.

Good luck

EricD

"Jan Kucera" <uam@centrum.cz> wrote in message
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> Running 5744 I forgot to say. I think a little bit that it worked on
> previous builds.
>
> "Jan Kucera" <uam@centrum.cz> wrote in message
> news:773EE165-5B6D-4D9F-B746-5E1F5974B6EE@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,
>> when I have no network cable plugged in, niether http://localhost/ nor
>> 127.0.0.1 can be found. How to solve this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jan
>

I have just ASP.NET project in VisualStudio and try to run it (on local
ASP.NET Development server).
I have never installed loopback adapter before, do I need to switch it on in
Vista?

I have IIS installed so I assumed it will open on localhost without any
other installations required.
Once the cable is connected, the information remains somewhere so I can
connect even after unplugging again.

I hoped this is widely seen, if I'm first person asking then the problem is
probably on my side and I should find some repro of course...

Thanks for answer,
Jan

"Eric Denekamp" <ericd@infosupport.com> wrote in message
newsF7C9AA9-2E6D-4286-A8DE-5D0B24CC015D@microsoft.com...
> what are you trying to accomplishe here, are you trying to run a website
> on this box when no cable is attached. i can imagine, that the IP stack
> will not start before the stack can connect to something lika a cable
> (working NIC.) if you need this, you could try to install a Microsoft
> loopback adapter, this gives you network features even though you do not
> have an network.
>
> Good luck
>
> EricD
>
> "Jan Kucera" <uam@centrum.cz> wrote in message
> news:1B83DB1E-D11E-4131-AC50-FC65C5B38A2C@microsoft.com...
>> Running 5744 I forgot to say. I think a little bit that it worked on
>> previous builds.
>>
>> "Jan Kucera" <uam@centrum.cz> wrote in message
>> news:773EE165-5B6D-4D9F-B746-5E1F5974B6EE@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi,
>>> when I have no network cable plugged in, niether http://localhost/ nor
>>> 127.0.0.1 can be found. How to solve this?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jan
>>
>

The solution is removing the next line in the windows host file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

::1 localhost

This is an IpV6 entry. Put a # in front of it. "

Instead of commenting this IpV6 entry adding the following IpV4 entry above this line also helps:

127.0.0.1 localhost

or
Commented out the line

::1 LocalHost

with a # in the hosts file and it now works.