Why can't I access a webserver through a load balancer on my local network?

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Published on 2012-05-31T21:46:32Z Indexed on 2012/05/31 22:43 UTC
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When I try to use curl (or wget, lynx, etc) to connect from a server on our local network to our website, which is on a local server behind a CoyotePoint load balancer, curl fails. Ping does not have this problem.

When I curl directly to any of the servers behind that load balancer (from and to the same local network), I also have no problem. It doesn't matter whether the local server I'm curling from is behind the load balancer or not.

Does anyone have any idea why I can't access my webserver through the load balancer on my local network?

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