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Firefox on Ubuntu can't connect to local virtualhost when network is unplugged

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Mar 15, 20264776 views
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Problem

I'm using Firefox (3.6.17) on my Ubuntu Lucid (rel. 10.04) and noticed that if the network cable is plugged everything is fine and I'm able to browse my local virtualhost configured in Apache2. But if I unplug the network, the local vhost is no longer reachable by Firefox and shows the message: Ser…

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Fix for: Firefox on Ubuntu can't connect to local virtualhost when network is unplugged

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Try going to , and search for . Set this to , and then see if network name resolution works. This person seemed to be having the same issue as you are, and was able to fix it by using that.

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