IIS 5.1 + problem with localhost

[mike55]

Hi all

I am in the process of setting Visual Studio.net 2005 up on a new networked machine. Everything appears to have installed correctly, I have created a test application (hello world) that has a single page with the words "hello world".

My problems occur when I try to run the project, as per normal the project runs from http://localhost/testapp/default.aspx. However I am getting a page cannot be displayed error. If I change the address and replace localhost with either my machine name or 127.0.0.1, the page will run correctly.

Any suggestions on what I can do to solve this problem, one thing that I was considering was making a change to the virtual directory but I dont think that will work in this situation.

Mike55.

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

If you ping localhost what happens?

 

[mike55]

Comes up with msg "Pinging M-ODonnell.epa.ie..."

I then get the replies from 127.0.0.1...

Everything looks fine.

Mike55.

 

[mike55]

Could it have anything to do with localhost loopback? I am after following all the steps outlined in Steve Schofields msg: http://weblogs.asp.net/steveschofield/archive/2007/03/17/localhost-connection-issues-list.aspx.

Also found out that we are using a proxy, therefore I have selected the checkbox "Bypass proxy server for local addresses" and also I have added the localhost address in as an exception.

Mike55.