RE: socket object, connection refused ...
From: Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch (maximo_at_meteorstudios.com)
Date: 11/17/03
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 16:12:43 -0500 To: "Python-List (E-mail)" <python-list@python.org>
that's it !!!
The docs really are misleading, especially if you've done this sort of thing in other languages and localhost is used as a reference to 'self'... without reference to any NIC.
thanks soooo much!
-MAx
--- "You can either be part of the problem or part of the solution, but in the end, being part of the problem is much more fun." > -----Original Message----- > From: Diez B. Roggisch [mailto:deets_noospaam@web.de] > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 3:52 PM > To: python-list@python.org > Subject: Re: socket object, connection refused ... > > > Hi, > > > using 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1' always works, using my > actual machine's > > ip or its hostname does not!! > > I had the exact problem last week - I think there should be > an update to the > docs, as these say: > > <quote from socket example> > # Echo server program > import socket > > HOST = '' # Symbolic name meaning the local host > > </quote from socket example> > > Unfortunately, this is not right - what happens wheny you > bind localhost or > 127.0.0.1, the socket _only_ listens on your local loop back > device. When > binging to '', this means "bind to all IPs of this machine" - > and thats > exactly what you are looking for. > > So try to either explictely bind to your IP, or '' - that will help. > > Regards, > > Diez > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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