VirtualHosts when not connected to network

don't work

[RonPK]

I've got a number of vhosts up and running on my Windows XP Home laptop, running Apache 2.2. They all work like a charm, but only when the laptop is connected to a network. If there is no network, the browser says the server is not available. But localhost and 127.0.0.1 can be reached fine.

Here is my setup:
In the Windows hosts file:

127.0.0.1 localhost 
127.0.0.1 mysite

In Apache's extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:

NameVirtualHost *:80 
<VirtualHost *:80> 
 ServerName localhost 
 DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs" 
</VirtualHost> 
<VirtualHost *:80> 
 ServerName mysite 
 DocumentRoot C:/projects/mysite 
</VirtualHost>

Any suggestions on how I can make the virtual hosts available when not connected would be much appreciated!

[gergoe]

What Listen or Bind directives you have defined in your httpd.conf?

[RonPK]

Listen 80 
[..] 
ServerName localhost:80 

[gergoe]

Then try defining Listen 127.0.0.1:80 instead of Listen 80 only, that might circumvent the problem. By the way, Apache normally has no problem with disappearing network interfaces, so this is either due to a malfunctioning driver, or a third party software.

[RonPK]

Changing the Listen-setting didn't help.
My prime suspect for creating network mess was the VMWare player, as it sets up a couple of virtual network interfaces. But uninstalling that didn't help either. The culprit turned out to be Comodo firewall. When I disabled the firewall the virtual hosts immediately could be reached (hits forehead for not checking the firewall before posting here).

Thanks for your help, gergoe.