Subj : Re: website issues with 127.0.0.1
To : SYS64738
From : Gamgee
Date : Sat Nov 23 2024 08:23 am
-=> SYS64738 wrote to MRO <=-
> look around and find your solution. sometimes the only person who can help
> you is you, because you're the guy behind the wheel.
SY> Well, I'm beginning to think that is the case. It's weird to have an
SY> issue that you can't see where anyone has discussed it before. I'm
SY> sure someone else has had this problem, but for the life of me I can't
SY> find where they discussed it at all.
SY> Not sure if this makes any difference at all, but 127.0.0.1 and my
SY> locally assigned ip (192.168.0.1) bother produce the same result. Part
That's because those addresses are the same thing in reality. They both
point to the local machine.
SY> of me suspects that it has something to do with the router. I dunno.
SY> Back to the drawing board.
It almost certainly does have something to do with the router. Google
up the term "hairpinning" as it relates to routers.
