# Chrome - Unable to determine IP address from host name

**URL:** https://community.localwp.com/t/chrome-unable-to-determine-ip-address-from-host-name/6054
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 8, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/chrome-unable-to-determine-ip-address-from-host-name/6054 "2018-04-08T08:13:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![js76155](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/js76155/32/6892_2.png) [@js76155](https://community.localwp.com/u/js76155)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/chrome-unable-to-determine-ip-address-from-host-name/6054/1 "2018-04-08T08:13:52Z")

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SHARED: I had a problem trying to view my newly created local site in Google Chrome. The error that displayed was: “Unable to determine IP address from host name xxxxx.local”. I discovered Hotspot Shield VPN plugin was the problem. As soon as I disabled this, my site was immediately available to view in the browser.

I hope this helps anyone with the same or similar problem.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/chrome-unable-to-determine-ip-address-from-host-name/6054/2 "2020-08-25T18:34:18Z")

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