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kelrizzo
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June 26, 2008
Question

Unable to run CF admin on Firefox offline

  • June 26, 2008
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I'm running the latest Unbuntu build, Firefox 3.0 on an HP Pavillion with wireless internet capabilities.

I've installed Coldfusion Developer edition, mySQL, and Eclipse.

My problem is that I can't access the coldfusion administrator when I have no internet connection. I receive the good ol "unable to load page" error and I get advised to get online.

I use path http://localhost:8500/CFIDE/administrator and I will also substitute 127.0.0.1 in for local host.

I've verified that coldfusion sever is indeed running. I've tried it with the wifi disabled, and ensured that Firefox does indeed show that I'm working offline (File<work offline)

Here's the kicker: when I'm connected to the internet, I can access CF admin just fine, so I'm drawing the conclusion it's something with Firefox.

I've pretty much exhausted anything I can think of. Any thoughts?
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kelrizzoAuthor
Participant
June 27, 2008
You were right :) Works fine. I think I just didn't let the server boot all the way up.
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kelrizzoAuthor
Participant
June 26, 2008
My laptop is making a liar out of me!

I'll try it again later from a fresh boot, but for the meantime, turning off my wifi and ensuring that I un-tick work offline, seems to have done the trick.

Let me try again in a bit :)
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Kronin555
Participating Frequently
June 26, 2008
Weird. I have a Mac. When I have no internet connection, Firefox doesn't set itself to Offline mode. I can access http://127.0.0.1 or http://localhost just fine. If I switch to Offline mode, trying to access the local server I get:

Offline Mode
Firefox is currently in offline mode and can't browse the Web.

The browser is operating in its offline mode and cannot connect to the requested item.
* Is the computer connected to an active network?
* Place the browser in online mode and try again.

When you have no internet connection, can you still ping localhost or 127.0.0.1 on the command line?

With the CF server running, can you telnet to localhost 8500?
telnet localhost 8500
GET / HTTP/1.0

(2 cairrage returns at the end)
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Kronin555
Participating Frequently
June 26, 2008
No need to put Firefox in offline mode. Why do you do that? If you leave firefox in online mode, it will work fine.
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kelrizzoAuthor
Participant
June 26, 2008
In many cases I'm working on the road and so I'm offline.

If I have no internet, Firefox defaults to offline mode. Switching it to online mode makes no difference though. Still gives me "page cannot be found" problems.
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