On Tue, 25 Jan 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> http://webuser:letmein@localhost/mysite/
>
> instead of 127.0.0.1 or, if you have DNS, try using your box's
> hostname for your box.
>
> Because of my proxy settings, Netscape referrs 127.0.0.1 to my
> configured proxy server (which obviously failed!), but would
> allow me to use localhost or the DNS hostname.
>
> None of this gets in the way if you just use a browser on another
> box, as you'll have to identify your web server box with a real IP
> address or hostname.
Yup - I can do this using the system's assigned IP from any other machine
in the office, or from home. It's not a problem if I use the following:
http://webuser:letmein@ipaddress/mysite/
Where ipaddress is the assigned IP of this system.
Odd, huh?
- Porter Woodward
