MAMP local host not working

Question

My MacBook Pro 13 inch is running on OS X 10.8.2 and I have downloaded MAMP 2.1.4.

I want to run the MAMP program. After I connect to the servers successfully I then try

Answer 1

I had the same issue on my Macbook Pro 15 inch running OS X 10.8.3.

I could access my wordpress development environment (MAMP 2.1.3) when disconnected from a network but if I connected to my wireless network or the internet via my HTC One XL i could no longer access localhost.

I removed my manually configured DNS settings for my wireless connection and happy days.. I could connect to my development environment using both Localhost and 127.0.0.1.