Port 8080 Troubles

technopak · Post by **technopak** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:50 pm

I've had some trouble getting my application to run today - in particular, I could not connect my browser to the Aware login page at http://localhost:8080/AwareIM/logonAdmin.html, the connection was refused.

I tried everything I could find in documentation and forums including changing the Tomcat port number, opening ports on firewalls and switching off my anti-virus. Still I could not connect.

Internet Explorer finally gave me the hint on what the problem was. It said that 'localhost is not set up to establish a connection'.

Some Googling revealed the following solution to my problem on Experts Exchange -

"The solution is removing the next line in the windows host file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

::1 localhost

This is an IpV6 entry. Put a # in front of it. "

Instead of commenting this IpV6 entry adding the following IpV4 entry above this line also helps:

127.0.0.1 localhost

or

Commented out the line

::1 LocalHost

with a # in the hosts file and it now works.

This update caused this:
Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB915597 (Definition 1.53.256.0)

It caused a removal of the IP mapping to localhost in the hosts file located in
C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\

You should include this line to the hosts file:
127.0.0.1 localhost"

Once I entered the line above in my hosts file, the connection worked as normal.

A connection problem which appeared to be very much an Aware issue proved to be a Windows Vista problem, resolved as above.

I'm posting this in the hope of helping some other individual as frustrated as I was in being unable to connect to an application which had been working fine till the day before.

Hope it helps.

Peter

aware_support · Post by **aware_support** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:32 pm

Thank you very much! This is an awesome discovery.

paddo2002 · Post by **paddo2002** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:34 am

TechnoPak this is great. I think this describes the very problem I had the other day. I can't wait to get back to the office to give it a try!!!

Well Done.

Cheers
PM

technopak · Post by **technopak** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:22 pm

I've said it before and will again - this forum and the contributors to it are a superb learning resource for anyone learning or using Aware IM.

I'm regularly delighted to find gems of information here and on this occasion I'm pleased to share my latest experience too.

Happy configuring !!

Peter

Powerm · Post by **Powerm** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:05 am

I have the same issue, host edit did not fix...

customaware · Post by **customaware** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 6:39 am

I have similar issue.

I connect to our intranet via web vpn ssl using Chrome on Mac
No problem.

Now when I try to connect to my app from Chrome on Mac

10.53.2.130:8080/AwareIM/paf.html

Will not connect.

Works alright in Firefox but not Chrome
App is best in Chrome

If I comment out the ::1 line as described above the vpn does not connect

However.....If I try under Chrome for Windows via parallels on Mac...it works.

Scratching head!