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Firefox Can't Connect to Specific LAN IP
This is a really weird problem that I can't seem to track down further. Perhaps a creative person could suggest some test ideas. Here are the facts:
- Firefox "Unable to connect" to my LAN server (a router) at 192.168.0.2 port 80.
- Network error is specifically "NS_CONNECTION_REFUSED".
- Wireshark on a Raspberry Pi placed between the laptop and server shows no packets exchanged trying to connect. Any packet containing 192.168.0.2, any port.
- Chrome and Safari work just fine on the same machine. I can see the packets in Wireshark. This validates my test setup works.
- Curl works, loads the web page. I can see the packets.
- I have reinstalled, refreshed, removed all extensions, cleared all history and cookies in Firefox and still cannot load the page.
- Firefox in Safe Mode cannot load the page.
- Disabled DNS over HTTPS, made sure No Proxy is selected in network settings. Still cannot load the page.
- Disabled IPv6 in Firefox with about:config setting. Still fails.
- I have no security software installed of any kind on this Mac. No antivirus or firewall except the default OS one.
- Turned off Mac built-in Firewall. Still unable to connect.
Why is Firefox apparently refusing to connect to my server? Other LAN IP addresses work fine, even local ones. It specifically hates this one.
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