Hi all,

I need to make my localhost IP something other than the usual 127.0.0.1

I have already edited the hosts file, and yes, I have double-checked that it was not accidentally saved with a .txt extension or any other extension. However, when I ping localhost, I still get the 127.0.0.1 IP, even after I reboot.

Is there something I am missing here?

Thanks

I think that is a hardware level attribute.

Myabe I am wrong and someone can provide a solution

Localhost is hardcoded into the IP stack, are you trying to change your machine IP?

Here's a better explanation of the localhost or loopback built into NIC's

Thanks for the replies.

What I was trying to do is to get my machine to accept localhost as the IP of the computer on my lan that has ISS installed, for web development. Some add-ons for Visual Studio.Net fail to install because they check localhost and require ISS installed, but I use a remote computer as a server, which Visual Studio itself allows.

oh well

Thanks again for the informaiton

Ah, this is a little different then, here's a search on Microsofts Knowledge Base articles on IIS v6 and localhost. Not sure if any of them will help or not

Try installing the Cassini web server. It's a mini web server provided by MS for people who don't want to run IIS - and Cassini is easy to turn on or shut down.

www.asp.net is the place to get it.