IIS 4.0 not able to see localhost or 127.0.0.1

[MBaraz]

IIS 4.0 us not able to see localhost or 127.0.0.1... I have modified the host file in WINNT\system32\drivers\etc to include that. I can go to a command windows and ping both successfully.<br>
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Thoughts?

 

[david902]

the loopback address is physically wired inside the network card. Check to see if it is correcty installed with the right address and IRQ. Check for the latest drivers also.<br>
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[MBaraz]

The answer lies in the proxy settings.... I have this machine on the inside of the firewall. Therefore the browser was set to the gateway IP... that machine does not resolve 127.0.01 nor localhost for other machines. Therefore I needed to put an exclusion in the browser for these two IP address/names. Voila

 

[BadDog]

I've got this same problem on an intranet I am working on behind a firewall.&nbsp;&nbsp;How do you go about entering the exclusion for the IP address and name for localhost?

 

[GCornwell]

I am having the same problem, and its 2 years since this post was started!

If anyone knows how to 'exclude' these IP addresses I would be eternally gratefull.

 

[JohnYingling]

I have IE6 and IIS 5 on XP Pro at home but it may still apply.
See Control Panel / Internet Options/ Connections / Lan Settings / Proxy Server. FRrm there, look at Bypass proxy for local addresses and possibly Advanced to exclude IP addresses.

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[Guest_imported]

Try to uncheck &quot;bypass proxy server for local intranet&quot;

 

[GCornwell]

I'm afraid I've discovered the problem was totally unrelated to the exclusion problem, although I suspect that you were right in your advice.

I found bad sectors on my hard drive, so I uninstalled and re-installed and it worked. All I've got to do now is sort the hard drive out!

Thanks for trying.