Rails - Jul 2006 - browser connection issue to http://localhost:3000/ on XP ?

Hi,

I think I have network issue on my XP PC here trying to run up 
InstantRails and using it.  I create an application and run up the 
server "ruby scripts/server" and it runs up, but then when I try to 
browse to it the browser just sits and spins and doesn''t connect  :(

* I''ve tried: localhost:3000, 127.0.0.0:3000, 127.0.0.1:3000 + the IP 
address that "ipconfig" reports but no luck.

* I did have ZoneAlarm installed but I deinstalled this and restarted.

* I did a month ago come across this problem and someone had posted a 
windows command prompt line that did something like clear the XP network 
connections or something, however now I can''t find this again :(

Can anyone help / give pointers re getting my browser to be able to 
connect to webbrick on XP?    (sounds stupid I know, but I''m stumped)


Thanks in advance




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first check your hosts file. You should be able to modify this from
InstantRails. It might be goofy. There should be a localhost entry in that
file.

If that looks okay, you could try

ipconfig /flushdns

to clear your DNS cache. Probably won''t help in this case though.

Lastly, ensure that the Windows XP Firewall isn''t blocking you.  Turn
it off
for a second (stop the service or use    net stop sharedaccess   and then
test your app.



On 7/14/06, Greg Hauptmann <gregsfm@tpg.com.au>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I think I have network issue on my XP PC here trying to run up
> InstantRails and using it.  I create an application and run up the
> server "ruby scripts/server" and it runs up, but then when I try
to
> browse to it the browser just sits and spins and doesn''t connect 
:(
>
> * I''ve tried: localhost:3000, 127.0.0.0:3000, 127.0.0.1:3000 + the
IP
> address that "ipconfig" reports but no luck.
>
> * I did have ZoneAlarm installed but I deinstalled this and restarted.
>
> * I did a month ago come across this problem and someone had posted a
> windows command prompt line that did something like clear the XP network
> connections or something, however now I can''t find this again :(
>
> Can anyone help / give pointers re getting my browser to be able to
> connect to webbrick on XP?    (sounds stupid I know, but I''m
stumped)
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
>
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1. If you''re using IE, are you typing http://localhost:3000 or simply 
localhost:3000? Internet Explorer needs the "http://" portion of the
URL
when a port number is specified.

2. Check your hosts file to make sure "localhost" isn''t
redirecting
someplace else. This is unlikely if 127.0.0.1 also isn''t responding.

Greg Hauptmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I think I have network issue on my XP PC here trying to run up 
> InstantRails and using it.  I create an application and run up the 
> server "ruby scripts/server" and it runs up, but then when I try
to
> browse to it the browser just sits and spins and doesn''t connect 
:(
> 
> * I''ve tried: localhost:3000, 127.0.0.0:3000, 127.0.0.1:3000 + the
IP
> address that "ipconfig" reports but no luck.
> 
> * I did have ZoneAlarm installed but I deinstalled this and restarted.
> 
> * I did a month ago come across this problem and someone had posted a 
> windows command prompt line that did something like clear the XP network 
> connections or something, however now I can''t find this again :(
> 
> Can anyone help / give pointers re getting my browser to be able to 
> connect to webbrick on XP?    (sounds stupid I know, but I''m
stumped)
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance

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thanks, but I think none of these help - can anyone shed any light on 
this one?  Is there another network level diagnostic or reset I can run 
to see what''s going on between the browser and the webrick server?  OS 
again is Windows XP.

[1] hosts file is good
127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.1       www.mycookbook.com

[2] ipconfig /flushdns => didn''t help - this wasn''t the
command I had
found previously that made things work I don''t think (i.e. the one
which
I now can''t find on the net)

[3] Windows XP firewall is off, and I''ve deinstalled zonealarm

[4] Also if this helps here is an netstat output - you can see that the 
browser does seemed to have triggered a TCP connection to the laptop I 
guess (?)
----------
C:\Gregs\INSTAN~1\rails_apps>netstat
Active Connections
  Proto  Local Address          Foreign Address        State
  TCP    FREDS_LAPTOP:1180      localhost:1181         ESTABLISHED
  TCP    FREDS_LAPTOP:1181      localhost:1180         ESTABLISHED
  TCP    FREDS_LAPTOP:1365      localhost:3000         ESTABLISHED
  TCP    FREDS_LAPTOP:3000      localhost:1365         ESTABLISHED
----------
==========================================================================Active
Routes:
Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface 
Metric
          0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0      192.168.0.2   192.168.0.101 
25
        127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0        127.0.0.1       127.0.0.1 
1
      192.168.0.0    255.255.255.0    192.168.0.101   192.168.0.101 
25
    192.168.0.101  255.255.255.255        127.0.0.1       127.0.0.1 
25
    192.168.0.255  255.255.255.255    192.168.0.101   192.168.0.101 
25
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0    192.168.0.101   192.168.0.101 
25
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255    192.168.0.101   192.168.0.101 
1
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255    192.168.0.101               2 
1
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255    192.168.0.101               4 
1
Default Gateway:       192.168.0.2
==========================================================================
thanks again


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PS. I do run CyberSitter (content filtering) - but I have tried going 
into SUSPEND mode on this too.

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Update - Got things working by using "netsh winsock reset"  :)

BTW: Does this make any sense to anyone?

Reference: 
http://networksecurityarchive.org/html/NTBugtraq/2004-08/msg00041.html

cheers

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