Good suggestion ... I added -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true as a JVM arg cassandra.bat and got exactly the same result though.
Stephen Thompson Wells Fargo Corporation Internet Authentication & Fraud Prevention 704.427.3137 (W) | 704.807.3431 (C) UPCOMING PTO: JAN 14-18 This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information, and is intended for the use of the addressee only. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation. From: Michael Kjellman [mailto:mkjell...@barracuda.com] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 2:26 PM To: user@cassandra.apache.org Subject: Re: Cassandra / Windows Server 2008 Use linux ;) More seriously, I'm wondering if it is binding to the IPV6 address? Is that enabled on that NIC? You could try disabling IPv6 and seeing if RPC binds correctly.. From: "stephen.m.thomp...@wellsfargo.com<mailto:stephen.m.thomp...@wellsfargo.com>" <stephen.m.thomp...@wellsfargo.com<mailto:stephen.m.thomp...@wellsfargo.com>> Reply-To: "user@cassandra.apache.org<mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org>" <user@cassandra.apache.org<mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org>> Date: Friday, January 4, 2013 11:23 AM To: "user@cassandra.apache.org<mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org>" <user@cassandra.apache.org<mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org>> Subject: Cassandra / Windows Server 2008 Hi folks - I have a Windows 2008 server that I'm trying to get Cassandra working on. I have disabled the Windows Firewall for the moment but I still cannot connect to the server. I have tried editing the cassandra.yaml to update the listen_address to the machine address as well as blank or commented out altogether - no change found at all. Any suggestion at all would be most welcome! -steve SERVER STARTUP (* snip *) INFO 13:58:47,161 Binding thrift service to localhost/127.0.0.1:9160 (* snip *) LOCAL CLIENT (default/localhost) C:\Java\apache-cassandra-1.1.7\bin>cassandra-cli Starting Cassandra Client Column Family assumptions read from xxxxxxxxx\assumptions.json Connected to: "Test Cluster" on 127.0.0.1/9160 Welcome to Cassandra CLI version 1.1.6 Type 'help;' or '?' for help. Type 'quit;' or 'exit;' to quit. [default@unknown] (Success!) LOCAL CLIENT USING IP ADDRESS (connecting to localhost but using ip address) C:\Java\apache-cassandra-1.1.7\bin>cassandra-cli -h xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Starting Cassandra Client org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransportException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect at org.apache.thrift.transport.TSocket.open(TSocket.java:183) at org.apache.thrift.transport.TFramedTransport.open(TFramedTransport.java:81) at org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliMain.connect(CliMain.java:79) at org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliMain.main(CliMain.java:255) Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:351) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:213) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:200) at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366) at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:529) at org.apache.thrift.transport.TSocket.open(TSocket.java:178) ... 3 more Exception connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/9160. Reason: Connection refused: connect. Column Family assumptions read from xxxxxxxxxxx\assumptions.json Welcome to Cassandra CLI version 1.1.6 I get the same result trying to connect from a remote machine. ---------------------------------- Join Barracuda Networks in the fight against hunger. To learn how you can help in your community, please visit: http://on.fb.me/UAdL4f