Re: Using "localhost" is taking me to localhost.com!!! why?

Hey, did a nslookup and got this returned to me.... server:ns02.chello.se address: (looks like an ip no) *** ns02.chello.se cant find localhost: non existent domain Whats the problem? -Ryan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "SHEETS,JASON (Non-HP-Boise,ex1)" <jason_sheets@non.hp.com> To: "'Ryan A'" <r@jumac.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 7:19 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Using "localhost" is taking me to localhost.com!!! why? > Sounds like your browsers can't resolve localhost so they are resolving > localhost.com. > > Open a dos window and do nslookup localhost, make sure the ip it returns is > 127.0.0.1 and not some other ip. > > By default Windows is supposed to resolve localhost to 127.0.0.1. > > Jason > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan A [mailto:r@jumac.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 11:15 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Using "localhost" is taking me to localhost.com!!! why? > > Hi again guys, > Just tried to use http://localhost/ again but as I do so it > takes me > http://www.localhost.com tried it in both IE and NN with the > same results... > > PLEASE help, > -Ryan. >