title: Listener lsnrctl start TNS-00515: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist 64-bit Windows Error: 1004: Unknown error
body: <p>I cannot get my listener to start, I have spent hours searching forums and couldn't find any solution.
  My goal is to start APEX, but first I have to get listener up&amp;running, when I try, I'm getting:</p>
  
  <p>C:\Users\matulewi>lsnrctl start</p>
  
  <p>LSNRCTL for 64-bit Windows: Version 11.2.0.2.0 - Production on 28-GRU-2015 15:20:45</p>
  
  <p>Copyright (c) 1991, 2014, Oracle.  All rights reserved.</p>
  
  <p>Starting tnslsnr: please wait...</p>
  
  <p>TNSLSNR for 64-bit Windows: Version 11.2.0.2.0 - Production
  System parameter file is C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server\network\admin\listener.ora
  Log messages written to C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\diag\tnslsnr\MATULEWI1\listener\alert\log.xml
  Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(PIPENAME=\.\pipe\EXTPROC1ipc)))
  Error listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=MATULEWI1.emea.xxxxx.net)(PORT=1521))) 
  TNS-12545: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist
  TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
    TNS-00515: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist
     64-bit Windows Error: 1004: Unknown error</p>
  
  <p>My tnsnames.ora:</p>
  
  <p>XE =
    (DESCRIPTION =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = MATULEWI1.emea.xxxxx.net)(PORT = 1521))
      (CONNECT_DATA =
        (SERVER = DEDICATED)
        (SERVICE_NAME = XE)
      )
    )</p>
  
  <p>EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
    (DESCRIPTION =
      (ADDRESS_LIST =
        (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1))
      )
      (CONNECT_DATA =
        (SID = PLSExtProc)
        (PRESENTATION = RO)
      )
    )</p>
  
  <p>ORACLR_CONNECTION_DATA =
    (DESCRIPTION =
      (ADDRESS_LIST =
        (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1))
      )
      (CONNECT_DATA =
        (SID = CLRExtProc)
        (PRESENTATION = RO)
      )
    )</p>
  
  <p>listener.ora:</p>
  
  <p>SID_LIST_LISTENER =
    (SID_LIST =
      (SID_DESC =
        (SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
        (ORACLE_HOME = C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server)
        (PROGRAM = extproc)
      )
      (SID_DESC =
        (SID_NAME = CLRExtProc)
        (ORACLE_HOME = C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server)
        (PROGRAM = extproc)
      )
    )</p>
  
  <p>LISTENER =
    (DESCRIPTION_LIST =
      (DESCRIPTION =
        (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1))
        (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = MATULEWI1.emea.xxxxx.net)(PORT = 1521))
      )
    )</p>
  
  <p>DEFAULT_SERVICE_LISTENER = (XE)</p>
  
  <p>Could somebody please help out?</p>
  
  <p>k.</p>