FP: General Information About Using "Localhost" as Server Name (167932)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
  • Microsoft FrontPage for Windows 1.1
This article was previously published under Q167932

For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see 208624.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194214.

SUMMARY

Microsoft FrontPage defaults to using the Domain Name System (DNS) 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.

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, follow these steps:

FrontPage 97

  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.
If the test is successful, Yes appears in all of the boxes. If No appears in any of the boxes, then you either do not have full network connectivity, or you do not have a valid TCP/IP configuration.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/7/2003
Keywords:kbinfo kbusage KB167932
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