Thread: Strange 127.0.0.11 network problem
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Old 21-04-2004, 10:37   #11
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Re: Strange 127.0.0.11 network problem
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Originally Posted by Pem
So this software appears to try and forward traffic directed at 127.0.0.11:3389 to another, remote, server.

I think that this is relying on the fact that windows is treating 127.0.0.11 as a seperate ip address, even though it is actually still a loopback address.

It looks like this "feature" may have been removed (broken) in XP and any 127.x.x.x address is being converted to 127.0.0.1 - and therefore XP cannot bind to the 127.0.0.11 address.
Yeah, actually it sounds like somebody typed one more 1 than was necessary, bit silly as theirs an easy way to get the localhost address in Java. The app in the first image they have incorrectly described as an applet but that doesn't matter really...just niggling

Things you could try are:

Make sure that you have no other services listening on port 3389,

If you're running a firewall, you might need to give the program access.

Try adding 127.0.0.1 to hosts, I can't remember whether this is acceptable or not for a windows hosts file (or if Java respects it):

127.0.0.1 127.0.0.11
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