RE: [slim] HELP! SQ3 won't connect to Slimserver
Mark,
I haven't tried that but am seriously considering
http://www.timdorr.com/syko86/ycsoft/hostssecure.htm which is recommended on
the host site. This program holds the file open so that virus/spyware etc
cannot change the hosts file themselves.
Gavin
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Re: [slim] HELP! SQ3 won't connect to Slimserver
Heh heh...great minds think alike...I've been using the MVPS HOSTS file for years now. Actually I'm using it in conjunction with their great HOSTS File Manager app: http://www.mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/SoftMain.htm Bennett, Gavin (LDN Int) wrote: > Mark, > > slightly off topic... > > even better than a nice clean hosts file is the one at http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm > this contains blocks of lots of spyware and nasty sites as well as the correct loop back > > I reccomend this to everyone I know because it speeds up browsing and stops a lot of rubbish getting close to your machine. > > Gavin > -- ___ Mark Lanctot ___ __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] HELP! SQ3 won't connect to Slimserver
Mark,
slightly off topic...
even better than a nice clean hosts file is the one at
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
this contains blocks of lots of spyware and nasty sites as well as the correct
loop back
I reccomend this to everyone I know because it speeds up browsing and stops a
lot of rubbish getting close to your machine.
Gavin
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Re: [slim] HELP! SQ3 won't connect to Slimserver
Your first problem is related to your firewall configuration - others have offered suggestions. But this second problem is puzzling. Since SlimServer will always try to call up localhost:9000, you will always have to change it. Therefore there seems to be something wrong with the resolution of local names to internal IP addresses on your PC. Go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc. Go to Tools - Folder Options - View - Show hidden files and folders. You should see a file called HOSTS, with no extension. Open it using notepad. There should be a blurb from Microsoft in there, and a single line: 127.0.0.1 localhost This tells your PC that "localhost" means "127.0.0.1", which is a loopback address telling the PC to look back on itself. If the HOSTS file is missing or if it does not contain that line, let me know and I'll send you a clean HOSTS file. Since this can represent a security exploit (hackers can redirect common sites to their own malicious sites) I will take measures to ensure that it is not altered - for anyone interested, I'll give the MD5 checksum, and the content will be nothing more than the Microsoft notice and the 127.0.0.1 line. HappyPax wrote: > Firewall. When I open Slimserver on the desktop using > http://localhost:9000 it fails and I have to replace localhost with the > IP address of the PC (does this PC need a static IP address?, do I need > a personal webserver running?). > -- ___ Mark Lanctot ___ __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] HELP! SQ3 won't connect to Slimserver
On 13/1/06 at 07:36 -0800, HappyPax wrote When I open Slimserver on the desktop using http://localhost:9000 it fails and I have to replace localhost with the IP address of the PC (does this PC need a static IP address?, do I need a personal webserver running?). localhost *ought* to workalways but (on a Mac) I have occasionally had trouble with it. A statci IP address is not a bad idea, anyway. Instead of localhos you could try 127.0.0.1, which should always work. -- Daniel Cohen ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
