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Nick
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Most likely the hosts file (which is used by the operating system to connect host names / domain names with IP addresses) on your PC is missing these lines:

127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
fe80::1%lo0     localhost

In order to fix the problem, you need to add them to the hosts file. Here is how to do that:

  1. macOS
  2. Windows
  3. Ubuntu

macOS

  • launch Terminal: click the Launchpad icon in the Dock, type Terminal in the search field, then click Terminal - Open or quit Terminal on Mac

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  • type: 
    sudo nano /private/etc/hosts

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  • press Enter button, type your admin password and press Enter again:

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You will now have the hosts file open in the Nano editor. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard, to navigate and edit the file.

  • navigate to the end of the file
  • paste these lines:
127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
fe80::1%lo0     localhost

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  • save the file by pressing Ctrl + O:

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  • then press Enter button

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  • exit with Ctrl + X
  • restart Linked Helper

 

Windows

  • run Notepad as administrator (confirm that you want to allow the program to make changes to your PC):

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  • in Notepad, click the File menu, then choose Open...

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  • in the opened window:
    • 1) navigate to disk C:\ => Windows => System32 => drivers => etc or enter this line into address bar and click enter button: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
    • 2) choose type file: All files
    • 3) choose hosts file by clicking it
    • 4) click Open button

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  • paste these lines into the opened file:
127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
fe80::1%lo0     localhost

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  • click the File menu, then Save:

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  • close the document
  • restart Linked Helper

 

Ubuntu

  • launch Terminal:

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  • type: 
    sudo nano /etc/hosts

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  • press Enter button, type your admin password and press Enter again:

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You will now have the hosts file open in the Nano editor. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard, to navigate and edit the file.

  • navigate to the end of the file
  • paste these lines:
127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
fe80::1%lo0     localhost

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  • save the file by pressing Ctrl + O:

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  • then press Enter button

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  • exit with Ctrl + X
  • restart Linked Helper

 

 

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