QTcpSocket accepts localhost but not 127.0.0.1

[merajc]

Hello

I have a Qt server app running on my computer, and a Qt client app which connects with:
@socket.connectToHost("localhost", 9998);@
or
@socket.connectToHost("my-pc-name", 9998);@

The above works perfectly. But the following:
@socket.connectToHost("127.0.0.1", 9998);@
or
@socket.connectToHost(QHostAddress("localhost"), 9998);@

These two lines don't work.

My Apache server on the other hand responds to these IPs well when I enter them on my browser:
@127.0.0.1
192.168.0.2
my-pc-name
localhost@

I downloaded the latest Qt SDK from qt.nokia.com for my Ubuntu 12.04 installation. The about page says:
@Qt Creator 2.4.1
Based on Qt 4.7.4 (64 bit)
Built on Jan 25 2012 at 11:24:18
From revision 8cd370e163@

What could be the problem? The biggest problem is that on my N9 I even the face problem when trying these lines:
@socket.connectToHost("my-pc-name", 9998);@

and
@socket.connectToHost("192.168.0.2", 9998);@

Thank you!

[ChrisW67]

QHostAddress() when constructed with a string expects an IP address not a name and it does not do a name lookup. So, QHostAddress("localhost") is not valid. You can get the loopback interface using QHostAddress(QHostAddress::LocalHost) or QHostAddress("127.0.0.1").

QAbstractSocket::connectToHost(), when given a QString, does a name lookup if needed, i.e. it takes a name or an IP address in the string. Both variants work correctly here. If you have no name resolution service then this might fail (I don't know about the N9).