Spent 3 hours trying to fix a DNS issue that was just a typo in my hosts file

So I was setting up a local dev environment for this game modding project I've been tinkering with, and my server kept timing out when I tried to connect from another device on my network. I spent like 2 hours assuming it was a port forwarding issue, another 30 minutes messing with Windows firewall rules, and even reinstalled the server software once. Turns out I typed "locolhost" instead of "localhost" in my config file. That's it. A single letter swap. The whole thing took me 3.5 hours total, and the fix was like 4 seconds. Has anyone else ever wasted a ridiculous amount of time on something that dumb and felt like an absolute clown afterwards?

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jade22118d agoMost Upvoted

Oh man I've done that exact typo before. Spent a whole afternoon chasing a database connection error just to find out I wrote "passwrod" instead of "password" in my config.

piper_green18d ago

You re-installed the server software over a typo? That's brutal. I would have been so mad at myself after finding out it was just one letter wrong. People don't realize how one tiny mistake can just eat up your whole night like that. At least you got it sorted eventually but man, that's the kind of thing that makes you want to close the laptop and walk away for the day.