I have uninstalled and reinstalled mongo (3.0.1), being sure i accepted the network access on windows 8, and yet i still have the same issue of \"waiting on 27017\".
It is clearly mentioned in above message that mongoDB is starting.
2015-04-01T21:33:47.134-0400 I CONTROL [initandlisten] MongoDB starting : pid=7436 port=27017 dbpath=C:\mongodb\data 64
-bit host=CookieMunster
If you want to connect to the mongoDB shell, open a new cmd window and write command:
mongo.exe
It seems your mondodb local server is running. You need to install tool like robo 3T and connect to localhost://27017 to connect to local mongodb.
Later, to stop MongoDB, press Ctrl + C in the terminal where the mongod
instance is running.