Can i replace localhost with the IP address

rohandm29 · Joined: 18 Mar 2008 Posts: 1

Why is the localhost (ip 127.0.0.1) used .
Why cant the actuall IP address of the machine used instead of local host .
How does the process of connection differ in the two cases .

Corey Bryant · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:46 am

You might check out Massive Link Forum for some help. They would probably have a few people there that might be better for this question.

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yangyang · Joined: 05 Oct 2006 Posts: 44

What IP address Apache would respond to is imperative in httpd.conf, so you'll need to modify it before the IP addresses are interchangeable.

maahiwilson · Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 9 Location: u.k

Hello Friends
But all links appear as "http://10.84.0.16/forum/whatever" - 10.84.0.16 is the server's internal ip-address. In the network itself this would not be a problem. But as soon as I try to access the forum through the internet, it doesn't work any more: the first loading is successful, but again, all links appear as "http://10.84..." - and this leads to errors, of course.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for your help!

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