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Wisdom Moon

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Registered: 2019-04-12

Posts: 4

Localhost is refusing connections (airsonic)

Hi everyone,

I've installed airsonic (address http://localhost:8080/airsonic) and it seems to be working well on my Arch box, but when I try to connect the webbrowser on my phone or try to connect via one of the compatible apps for playing music, localhost refuses the connection.  I can't even connect on my own computer. When I type 'wget localhost:8080' I get:

Resolving localhost (localhost)... ::1, 127.0.0.1
Connecting to localhost (localhost)|::1|:8080... failed: Connection refused.
Connecting to localhost (localhost)|127.0.0.1|:8080... failed: Connection refused.

I'm total noob when it comes to server issues and I've tried to figure this out for hours by googling but I can't figure out what the problem is. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

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Re: Localhost is refusing connections (airsonic)

You do realize that localhost is a pretend network that only has one computer on it?  You can use that when a client and a server are on the same machine allowing the client to reach the server without using a real network?

When you refer to localhost on the phone, the client will look for a server running on the phone; not another computer someplace.
Instead of localhost, use the host name of your computer -- or the IP address of your computer.

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Wisdom Moon

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Registered: 2019-04-12

Posts: 4

Re: Localhost is refusing connections (airsonic)

Hi ewaller,

Thanks for your reply. I used the host name and it's worked fine!

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, much appreciated.

Last edited by Wisdom Moon (2019-04-15 18:29:08)