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John Awoyele
John Awoyele
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John Awoyele
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what is the local ip address assigned to all computers?

i went through the videos and did an online search. i couldn't find the answer anywhere

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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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The IP address every computer assigns to itself is 127.0.0.1

Craig Garner
Craig Garner
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Craig Garner
Craig Garner
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It is also known as a localhost. This way you can install a web server, sql server, etc. and refer to it as http://localhost/testingapage.php or make queries to a database setup on your machine. It can be a good way to troubleshoot problems by removing DNS and networking. If it works on localhost (127.0.0.1) but you can't reach that machine from another, you may have firewall, routing, or other network problems.