Is there a difference between localhost and 127.0.0.1?

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Is there a difference between localhost and 127.0.0.1?

GimpMaster opened this issue 3 years ago · 0 comments

I have a web server running in WSL2 in ubuntu. I'm using postman in windows GUI. If I try to send a GET request to http://127.0.0.1:3001 it never makes a connection.

However if I use http://localhost:3001 it works just great. Any ideas?