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From: Ken Stevenson <ken@allenmyland.com>
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Subject: Re: hosts file
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eoghan wrote:
> Ken Stevenson wrote:
>> eoghan wrote:
>>> Hi
>>> Has anyone got an example of how the hosts file should be setup to 
>>> allow locahost to work in a browser? Mine doesnt work anymore unless 
>>> i go through the ip. This is when i start apache, maybe there is some 
>>> other place i need to set it? The httpd.conf has localhost in it...
>>> Thanks
>>> Eoghan
>>
>> Try deleting the ::1
> 
> I have tried this (it was originally commented out), I re-commented it 
> out and still not working...
> Eoghan

What do you get when you type:

ping localhost

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Ken Stevenson
Allen-Myland Inc.