Questions tagged [localhost]
`localhost` usually refers to the special addresses `127.0.0.1` and `::1` that map to a loopback device, which allows a computer to connect to itself.
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WP Localhost Installation prompting for FTP access when deleting plugin etc
I know this question is asked quite some times already, but none of the suggested approaches works.
My problem: I have a wordpress installation on my localhost, but as soon as I try to delete plugins, ...
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What is the difference between 127.0.0.1 and non-localhost addresses?
I have this gap in my understanding of networking that I've always had a hard time crossing.
Over the years I've written various little TCP/UDP sender/receiver projects -- mostly simple hello-world-...
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Links in localhost
I transferred the entire site to Xampp and all the pages are showing the way i designed them.. However, when accessing on localhost from another computer, none of the links work so I can view other ...
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Cannot communicate with Windows localhost from WSL2
I have an application running on Windows on localhost (127.0.0.1) port 8545. My goal is to be able to communicate with this application from within WSL2. However, whenever I try to access the address ...
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What is the difference between IPv6 addresses :: and ::1?
Maybe this is a silly question but sometimes I see IPv6 :: to mean the local host, and sometimes I see ::1. Occasionally, using one vs. the other seems to be the difference between something working ...
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Exposing Ubuntu localhost to the public and connecting a personal domain to it
I've recently acquired an Ubuntu VPS from vultr and I was planning on hosting a small database on it. I am of course able to access it from localhost:port but when it comes to using the actual server'...
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How can I find out which folder http://localhost:3000 points to?
When I open a windows 10 command prompt or powershell and navigate to a folder with a ReactJS app, then run npm start this opens up http://localhost:3000 in my default browser.
What should happen is ...
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Can access `localhost` and `127.0.0.1` but not actual device IP address
I'm running a MacBook Pro connected to a TP-Link Archer C-7 router.
I can access my server running locally with both localhost and 127.0.0.1. However, if I use the IP address of my device itself (as ...
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How to resolve local domains to localhost on macOS
I know there are other similar questions but I am not satisfied with the answers.
I would like to be able to define a local domain such as .localhost, or .local or whatever and make all the subdomains ...
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Access WSL2 localhost services from another local account
I've created WSL2 services that I can access through localhost in the web browser on the Windows account that runs WSL2. However, I would like to access the services on a kiosk user on windows 11. I'...
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Why some proxies use localhost IP 127.0.0.1 instead of connecting directly to the remote server?
I use a proxy named Freegate and it uses 127.0.0.1 by using netstat only connections that I see are like this
TCP 127.0.0.1:8580 127.0.0.1:59118 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:8580 127.0.0.1:59120 ...
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Serving static file from Nginx on localhost cannot exceed 10MB/s
I was experimenting with static file serving. So picked up the simplest possible setup.
In /etc/hosts I added (127.0.0.1 mysite.test)
I created a vhost in nginx and placed a single file in the folder (...
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connect to a device, from behind router, that connected to modem
Network Diagram Picture:
Is it possible to connect from "Android Device" to "Desktop PC",
or from "Laptop" to "Desktop PC" on the local network without ...
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MobaXterm - Why is my LOG filename shows "localhost" instead of my hostname when establishing an SSH session?
I'm quite new with MobaXterm. For each SSH session that I open to a given host, I want to log the terminal output to an individual file whose filename includes the given hostname + timestamp. I have ...
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Localhost issue: .NET API endpoints giving 403 error but a doc page from the same project loads. Both are under localhost
I am not sure if this is the right place to post this, but doing so with this hope that it might relate to some kind of IIS settings!
I have .NET website setup with SQL Server database. This is ...
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