I have Apache installed under Vista. Today I notices that web browser does not open URLs http://localhost/.... , but only http://127.0.0.1/... I commented the last string of hosts file so that it now looks like this and everything works perfectly now: # Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp. # # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows. # # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one # space. # # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol. # # For example: # # 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server # 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host 127.0.0.1 localhost # ::1 localhost Who knows what's the meaning of the last string: ::1 localhost ? Is there any place in the world where the syntax is explained? Thank you
http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90824/ch02s03.html "Yan" wrote in message news:8C6AB513-36A8-4173-9650-A1F03F38439A@microsoft.com... >I have Apache installed under Vista. Today I notices that web browser does > not open URLs http://localhost/.... , but only http://127.0.0.1/... > > I commented the last string of hosts file so that it now looks like this > and > everything works perfectly now: > > # Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp. > # > # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows. > # > # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each > # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should > # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. > # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one > # space. > # > # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual > # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol. > # > # For example: > # > # 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server > # 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > # ::1 localhost > > > Who knows what's the meaning of the last string: ::1 localhost ? > Is there any place in the world where the syntax is explained? > > Thank you >
