Subj : Re: website issues with 1
To   : Digital Man
From : Gamgee
Date : Sat Nov 23 2024 16:06:00

-=> Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-

 DM>   Re: Re: website issues with 127.0.0.1
 DM>   By: Gamgee to SYS64738 on Sat Nov 23 2024 08:23 am

 >  SY> Not sure if this makes any difference at all, but 127.0.0.1 and my
 >  SY> locally assigned ip (192.168.0.1) bother produce the same result.  Part
 >
 > That's because those addresses are the same thing in reality.  They both
 > point to the local machine.

 DM> Not necessarily. 192.168.* just means "private address" (as in private
 DM> network), does not mean "localhost" as 127.* does.

Certainly true, from a technical perspective, but I believe he's saying 
the 192... address is the "locally assigned" IP for his BBS machine, so 
at least in this context/example, they're pointing to the same place.



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