Hi,
try to use 127.0.0.1 IP address instead of "localhost". Perhaps the system
needs to convert "localhost" to its address, for that reason it needs
to connect to the domain name server, wich is at your ISP thus the system
dials him.
Just a guess..
Bye
Cezar
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On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Message UK wrote:
> 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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