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[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Behrooz,

That is a mystery to me.  I'll keep asking around for ideas, and maybe 
another person on this list has an idea.

jeff





behrooz at yorku.ca wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
> I got a reply to 'ping 127.0.0.1' and I tried your suggestions in "other 
> things to try" with no success. I did not have Internet connectivity for a few 
> hours due to server problems. I tried http://localhost/ and http://127.0.0.1/ 
> and both worked (MS4W main index.html page was displayed). when server problem 
> was fixed and my computer was connected to Internet, I again tried 
> http://localhost/ and http://127.0.0.1/ and every thing looked OK (MS4W main 
> index.html page was displayed). I tried http://localhost/ and http://127.0.0.1/
> the next morning and this time I got the same error message "The page cannot
> be displayed". By the way a user asked me if I was using a proxy server. I am 
> not. What else do you suggest?
> 
> regards,
> Behrooz
> 
> Quoting Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at dmsolutions.ca>:
> 
> 
>>Hi Behrooz,
>>
>>Hmm, this is definitely an interesting one.  I'm not sure what is 
>>causing that.  If you open a command prompt and 'ping 127.0.0.1' do you 
>>get a reply?  If you don't get a response, maybe it's an XP SP2 firewall 
>>issue (?).  Make sure the XP firewall is fully shut down and give it a 
>>try again.
>>
>>other things to try:
>>
>>- specify "ServerName 127.0.0.1" in httpd.conf (/ms4w/apache/conf/)
>>
>>- modify your 'hosts' file (/windows/system32/drivers/etc/) and try 
>>placing "yourIP localhost" in it (and reboot)
>>
>>Maybe other users have some ideas.
>>
>>
>>jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>behrooz at yorku.ca wrote:
>>
>>>Dear All,
>>>I have installed ms4w following instructions. I can see ms4w in 
>>>my C drive and all subdirectories match the structure described in 
>>>read me file.When I test to see if apache is running properly using 
>>>http://localhost/ or http://127.0.0.1/ I get error message "The page cannot
>>
>>be 
>>
>>>displayed"
>>>But when I use my IP address then I see MS4W main index.html page.
>>>apache map server is started every time I start my computer an I can 
>>>check it's status in services. My OS is XP but I do not have IIS.
>>>I have installed ms4w on another computer with no problems. Any 
>>>suggestions?
>>>regards,
>>>Behrooz
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>


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Jeff McKenna
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DM Solutions Group Inc.
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