hi , i get this error frequently in the mod_jserv.log, and tomcat does not seem to respond to any servlet call. [20/12/2000 14:46:39:366] (EMERGENCY) ajp12: can not connect to host 127.0.0.1:8083 [20/12/2000 14:46:39:369] (EMERGENCY) ajp12: connection fail [20/12/2000 14:46:39:370] (ERROR) an error returned handling request via protocol "ajpv12" thanks Rajesh