solved! Re: [Xitami] reply from localhost *sometimes* slow?

[Dan Baker]

> At 10:12 AM 7/26/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >something I've been wondering for a while.... Sometimes when I request a
> >page that is on my //localhost, the browser takes several (2-10) seconds
> >to get a reply, but other times it is really speedy.
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Craig wrote:
> Look for a file called HOSTS on your system, under Win98 it should be located
> in your C:\Windows\system32 directory (I think, its been a while for me under
> Win9x). There is a sample file called HOSTS.SAM that is an example file for
> HOSTS if you don't have it there already. 
> At any rate, add the following line to your HOSTS file:
> 127.0.0.1       localhost
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good idea, but the line already was in there... maybe added by the
xitami install?


"Thomas J. Hruska" wrote:
> Are you typing '//localhost' into the browser?  If so, then you should note
> that it might be looking for a machine called 'localhost' using the NetBIOS
> protocol (hence the really long delays).  Try the fully qualified
> 'http://localhost/' URL instead.  Also try 'http://127.0.0.1/' as well.
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you're the winner Thomas... I checked my bookmarks, and they were indeed
entered as localhost/whatever. I changed to http://localhost/whatever,
and it seems to blaze right thru every time.



> Also, I don't see how you get out onto other servers if you don't have a
> gateway defined.  I'll bet a gateway shows up if you run 'winipcfg' and
> select your network card.  I would even bet you have DNS as well.  DHCP is
> just a protocol to set up gateway, IP address, DNS server list, WINS, etc.
> information.  DHCP just makes all of that transparent to you, but it can
> come in quite handy at times to know that information.
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yes DHCP does go out and set all that up. I was just trying to give the
parameters of how my protocols are set up. The DHCP sets the
router/firewall as a local gateway 192.168.0.1 and goes out and gets the
DNS and assigned IP address from @home. 

thanx for your help!!

Dan