# Limit Ring server to localhost only. RingFinger.new('localhost') apparently doesn't work

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 2, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/limit-ring-server-to-localhost-only-ringfinger-new-localhost-apparently-doesnt-work/191025 "2010-07-02T22:05:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/limit-ring-server-to-localhost-only-ringfinger-new-localhost-apparently-doesnt-work/191025/1 "2010-07-02T22:05:31Z")

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Am using RingyDingy.  
Have altered call to Rinda::RingFinger.new to  
Rinda::RingFinger.new(‘localhost’) in ring\_server.rb and in  
ringy\_dingy.rb, but still get, intermittently, attachments to like  
named services on my compatriots (in the same lan segment) which  
causes things to disappear trying to run on their machine (or on mine  
from theirs). Need to stop this behavior for development so we can  
work independantly.  
Any suggestions?