localhost != 127.0.0.1
.........
@Acer
Is this some kind of tricky #TruthBeTold ?
localhost always resolves to 127.0.0.1, and 127.0.0.0/8 is reserved, by standard, for loopback.
There's a way to change it, but I've never seen it other than that (in IPv4).
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@Acer
Is this some kind of tricky #TruthBeTold ?
localhost always resolves to 127.0.0.1, and 127.0.0.0/8 is reserved, by standard, for loopback.
There's a way to change it, but I've never seen it other than that (in IPv4).