--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Steve Wiser <steve@s...>
wrote:


Tried that and I am able to ping localhost. I still cannot connect
to the localhost FB

> A simply test is to shell to DOS and type "ping localhost"
>
> -steve
>
> On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 17:49 +0100, Lester Caine wrote:
>
> > joseph_ceasar wrote:
> >
> > > --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Adam" <s3057043@y...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I am using XP-Pro. I checked the "hosts" file and saw no line

that

> > > says "127.0.0.1 localhost". So I added it but still,

no

> > > results......
> >
> > How did you add that line?
> > If you used notepad, you will probably find that windows has

saved

> > the
> > file as hosts.txt rather than hosts ( no extension ). That is the
> > USUAL
> > answer when I can't find a new machine ;)
> > Just delete hosts and then delete the extension on hosts.txt :)
> >
>
>
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