title: IE cannot access localhost, but chrome and firefox work
body: <p>I have seen many threads with a similar question, but none of the answers have solved my issue.</p>
  
  <p>I am running Apache on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, on a non-standard port.
  I can connect to localhost:12345 from Firefox and Chrome.
  IE11 reports "This page can't be displayed".</p>
  
  <p>Using RawCap to capture the local interface shows that no packets flow when requesting the page from IE. If I do the same with Firefox or Chrome, packets are recorded (including SYN and SYN/RST when the webserver is shutdown).</p>
  
  <p>I have tried:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Connecting with the localhost IP</li>
  <li>Reducing all of the IE security settings to their minimum (including disabling protected mode)</li>
  <li>Adding localhost and the local IP to trusted sites</li>
  <li>Ensuring there is no proxy server configured</li>
  <li>Adding a localhost entry to the hosts file</li>
  <li>Disabling IPv6</li>
  <li>Running IE without add-ons</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Grateful for any other suggestions.</p>