Do you have a web server running on your local system? Regards, George Toft On 10/9/2021 12:24 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > the browser shows the error as: > The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a > few moments. >     If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network > connection. >     If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, > make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web. > > I need to specify a port. Cool. That's all I needed to know. > > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 3:05 PM James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss > > wrote: > > Regarding the original question of why the browser is saying > "problem with address", what is the actual error?  Name > resolution, connection, cert, etc etc?  Those friendly human > readable errors leave too much open to interpretation. > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 11:59 AM Snyder, Alexander J via > PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > > The IP address range *127.0.**0.0 – 127.255.**255.255* is > reserved for loopback, i.e. a Host's self-address, also known > as localhost address. This loopback IP address is managed > entirely by and within the operating system. > > Thanks, > Alexander. > > Sent from my Samsung S20+ 5G > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2021, 11:58 greg zegan via PLUG-discuss > > wrote: > > localhost > > > > > > localhost > > The local loopback mechanism may be used to run a network > service on a host without requiring a physical network... > > > > > you need to specify the port number > > > > On Saturday, October 9, 2021, 02:29:07 PM EDT, Michael via > PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > > Are the addresses for localhost 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.1.1 ? > That was a rhetorical question. What isn't rhetorical is > why, when I enter either of those addresses into a browser > , do I get a 'problem with address' page? Are there > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > James McPhee > jmcphe@gmail.com > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss