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
> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
> <mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> 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 <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
> <mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> 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
> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
> <mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote:
>
> localhost <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localhost>
>
>
>
>
>
> localhost
>
> The local loopback mechanism may be used to run a network
> service on a host without requiring a physical network...
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localhost>
>
>
> you need to specify the port number
>
>
>
> On Saturday, October 9, 2021, 02:29:07 PM EDT, Michael via
> PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
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>
>
> 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
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