I tested in a mac (10.6.4) using pydoc -p 8090 as the server and works ok:

> WebClient httpGet: 'http://localhost:8090'

> WebResponse(HTTP/1.0 200 OK
> server: BaseHTTP/0.3 Python/2.6.4
> date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:02:12 GMT
> content-type: text/html
> 
> )
On 29/10/2010, at 00:36, Yanni Chiu wrote:

> On 29/10/10 12:34 AM, Sean P. DeNigris wrote:
>> 
>> When using WebClient, "WebClient httpGet: 'http://google.com'" succeeded, but
>> "WebClient httpGet: 'http://localhost:8090'" reported "ConnectionTimedOut:
>> Cannot connect to 127.0.0.1:8090"
>> 
>> The address looked fine from Safari.  What gives?
> 
> Some ideas:
> 
> - It's really 8090 (that's a nine), not 8080?
> - Are there any proxy configurations involved
> - Could it be an IPv6 issue
> 
>