Hi,

Just to test a new scenario, I changed the URL to a HTTP web server running
on the same host, but still same error persist. I can fetch the web server
from the firefox browser, but not from the curl program.

Looks like something obvious is missing. Can somebody help?

anilj.

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Anil J <anilj.mailing_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is my first post on this list, and I am learning the Curl APIs.
>
> I am trying to run the example code (simple.c), where it tries to read
> from a website. However, it fails to open with the below error.
>
> curl_easy_perform() failed: Couldn't connect to server
>
> Then I tried to do a wget on the same web site - wget http://gmail.com,
> but it also failed with following reason.
>
> --2013-03-14 18:23:58-- http://gmail.com/
> Resolving localhost (localhost)... 127.0.0.1
> Connecting to localhost (localhost)|127.0.0.1|:8080... failed: Connection
> refused.
>
> Question:
> 1. What is the reason of 'simple.c' program failing.
> 2. Is there any connection between the two results above? How do I make
> this 'simple.c' program work?
>
> /anil.
>
>

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