# How to start the server with no network connection?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-start-the-server-with-no-network-connection/170567>\
**Category:** Mongrel\
**Created:** [June 19, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-start-the-server-with-no-network-connection/170567 "2009-06-19T04:21:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![cyril](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/35a633/32.png) [@cyril](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cyril)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-start-the-server-with-no-network-connection/170567/1 "2009-06-19T04:21:06Z")

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Hi there,

I’m working locally and everything worked fine. But today I wanted to  
work somewhere where there is no network connection, and I had this  
error:

script/server  
=\> Booting Mongrel  
=\> Rails 2.3.2 application starting on [http://0.0.0.0:3000](http://0.0.0.0:3000)  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:560:in  
`initialize’: getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known  
(SocketError)

How should I configure my server to start even if I’m not connected to  
any network?