FP: General Information About Using "Localhost" as Server Name

• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
• Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
• Microsoft FrontPage for Windows, version 1.1

SUMMARY

Microsoft FrontPage defaults to using the DNS name in TCP/IP networking to identify a computer. If DNS is not active but it is bound to both TCP/IP and the Client for Microsoft Networks, FrontPage uses the information on the Identification tab in the Network Neighborhood Properties dialog box. If the Computer Name and Domain boxes are empty, FrontPage uses whatever the TCP/IP stack returns.

If your system is not configured properly, "Default" will be used as the server name. If FrontPage does not recognize the host name for your computer, you can use "localhost" (without the quotation marks) in place of the original host name.

This article describes how to create a "hosts" file in which the non- routed IP address (127.0.0.1) is bound to "localhost," a standard name reserved for the 127.0.0.1 IP address.

For information about changing the name of your computer to "localhost" permanently, or using another host name, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q143099
   TITLE     : FP: "Cannot Determine Local Host Name" Error Starting PWS

MORE INFORMATION

Run the FrontPage TCP/IP test to verify the host name and IP address for your computer.

NOTE: The test should indicate that your computer is identified using the name "Localhost" and that the IP address is 127.0.0.1. To run the TCP/IP test, do the following:

FrontPage 97 and FrontPage 98

1. In Windows Explorer, double-click Tcptest.exe. This file is installed in the following folder by default:

         C:\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage\bin
   

2. Click Start Test.

FrontPage 1.1

1. On the Start menu, point to Programs, and click Microsoft FrontPage.

2. Click FrontPage TCP_IP Test.

3. Click Start Test.