Dear Martin and David, Thanks a lot for your help. I am a total newbie with firewalls. So what i did was the following: <code> [EMAIL PROTECTED] rohitsz]# service network restart Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ] Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] Setting network parameters: [ OK ] Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface sit0: [ OK ] Bringing up interface ppp0: pppd: unrecognized option 'No' pppd version 2.4.3 Usage: pppd [ options ], where options are: <device> Communicate over the named device <speed> Set the baud rate to <speed> <loc>:<rem> Set the local and/or remote interface IP addresses. Either one may be omitted. asyncmap <n> Set the desired async map to hex <n> auth Require authentication from peer connect <p> Invoke shell command <p> to set up the serial line crtscts Use hardware RTS/CTS flow control defaultroute Add default route through interface file <f> Take options from file <f> modem Use modem control lines mru <n> Set MRU value to <n> for negotiation See pppd(8) for more options. [FAILED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] rohitsz]# ping 127.0.0.1 PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.086 ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.062 ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.063 ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.063 ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.062 ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.065 ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.060 ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=0.063 ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=0.062 ms --- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics --- 9 packets transmitted, 9 received, 0% packet loss, time 7999ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.060/0.065/0.086/0.008 ms [EMAIL PROTECTED] rohitsz]# /usr/local/tomcat/bin/startup.sh Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/tomcat Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/local/tomcat Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/tomcat/temp Using JRE_HOME: /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_06 [EMAIL PROTECTED] rohitsz]# </code> And so, ping worked :-) Also when i did http://localhost:8080 .. it also worked! I am absolutely thrilled at the output but i have no clue how it happened! could anyone explain.. regards, rohit.
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