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I can’t reach a locally hosted domain, and in testing I have discovered I can’t ping localhost or the actual IP either. The OS is Windows7 64bit, Pro.

DNS works, I can ping others on my network, they can ping me, and they can reach the hosted domain. The only problem I have found is that I can’t reach the locally hosted domains!

C:Usersian>ipconfig /all



Windows IP Configuration



   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : leda

   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hcs



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : hcs

   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethern

et Controller

   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-54-7C-E2-2A

   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.12(Preferred)

   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled



Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host-Only Network #2:



   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter #2

   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-00-88-4A

   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

   Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.205.215(Preferred)

   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled



C:Usersian>ping localhost



Pinging leda [127.0.0.1] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.



Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),



C:Usersian>ping coachmaster.leda.hcs



Pinging coachmaster.leda.hcs [192.168.0.12] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.12:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),



C:Usersian>

I can reach a hosted VM in VirtualBox and the VM can browse the hosted sites.

I’ve removed Zone Alarm and disabled Windows Firewall - same results.

So how can I browse my locally hosted sited? What could be blocking it?

Two things first is that you can't browse your locally hosted domain. If you are using a proxy server to reach the internet you need to tell your browser to ignore 192.168.0.0/24 inf Firefox or 192.168.0.* in IE. network or just try direct internet connection without your proxy. As for ping, I would normally assume that ICMP Echo is disabled hence no ping replies, but this is not the case as others are able to ping you.

Another good test is to open a telnet connection to port 80:

telnet 192.168.0.12  80

ipconfig /release



ipconfig /renew

might help.

I would take it off the domain, reboot... set it to dhcp... put it back on the domain with dhcp. The "ipconfig /release" and "ipconfig /renew" mentioned by John above should have fixed the issue. I think there is another host using the defined ip...

not a real solution, but you can use "leda" instead of "localhost". the DNS cliente should translate to 192.168....

"localhost" name is managed by the DNS, but I understand the DNS client never request the address to the DNS but uses the local address instead.

This is very weird.
btw, the router has nothing to do with this, localhost is localhost, no outsidehost...