From: chad fowler <chadfowler@...>
Date: 2001-10-07T07:36:29+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22176] Re: dRuby, Linux and ports

> I don't understand this, given that I can get to the
> server from the other 
> machines if apache is running, but not if this
> simple ruby web server is 
> running.
> 
You have told your server to listen on the loopback
address (localhost).  Connections from other machines
don't come in through this interface.  Apache is
probably listening on all interfaces or specifically
on your live, net-accessible IP address, so it can
respond to requests from machines external to yours.

The reason you're not getting a response when you try
to access it from another machine is that there is
literally nothing listening on that port for that
interface.

Chad

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