Tomcat problem

Question

Hi,
my problem is that after installing apache-tomcat-5.5.17.exe in xp, When i write http://localhost:8080/ in internet explorer after starting tomcat then it shows following error:
error
requested url could not retrieved
While trying to retrieve the URL: http://localhost:8080/
The following error was encountered:
Connection Failed
The system returned:
    (111) Connection refusedThe remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again.
Your cache administrator is root. But when i type my ip insted of locahost then its working good.
Suppose
http://192.168.1.6:8080 then it is working.
what's the problem of my tomcat.
Is there anybody can help me.
With regards
Bina

Answer 1

First try using http://127.0.0.1:8080. (127.0.0.1 is the ip address of localhost).
If that works then you need to update your host file to include an entry for localhost. You'll need to consult the help files, documentation or internet to determine the location of the host file for your operating system.