You probably don't have a statically assigned IP address. So you have to
"go online" once to request an IP address from your ISP.
(*Chris*)
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From: Message UK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 2:39 PM
Subject: connection to localhost odd problem
> I'm using JSDK 2.1 and when I run servlets I have to connect to the
internet
> in order to be able to establish a connection to my localhost...it's odd.
I
> can immediately disconnect after the connection is made to my ISP, and the
> localhost server continues to work. I think it has something to do with
> "going online" - i.e. working offline in IE5 equals no server even if
> local??
>
> Any ideas??
> Thanks.
>
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