Opera won't connect to localhost
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oldcelt last edited by
Opera suddenly won't connect to localhost. Windows 10, Wampserver 3.1.7 64bit. All four other browsers connect perfectly - Chrome; Firefox; MS Edge and even IE!
Opera was working ok but, for no apparent reason has stopped connecting localhost. No problems with remote web sites.
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A Former User last edited by
@oldcelt said in Opera won't connect to localhost:
Opera suddenly won't connect to localhost. Windows 10, Wampserver 3.1.7 64bit. All four other browsers connect perfectly - Chrome; Firefox; MS Edge and even IE!
Opera was working ok but, for no apparent reason has stopped connecting localhost. No problems with remote web sites.
Help please?I confirm the same behaviour.
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thomasmca last edited by
This is happening across multiple browsers. The issue is that localhost is being redirected to https://localhost, and that https connection is what is failing. Try it on your browser: type localhost in the address bar, delete any extra text that your browser adds after it, then press enter. If the address bar shows https, then you have the problem that I'm describing.
To fix the above issue, update your hosts file using Run as Administrator. In Windows, c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts, and in Linux: /etc/hosts.
Update the line that has 127.0.0.1 in it (or add a new one). If you have an existing line with a # sign in front of it, delete the # sign. The new entry should look like this:
127.0.0.1 localhost me.localhost
Save and close the file, then connect to me.localhost.
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oldcelt last edited by
@thomasmca
You'll notice that my original post said that all other browsers were connecting normally. I don't know why but after re-installing Opera all was well.
#sgunhouse suggested the possible use of a VPN but that was not the case.
