I'm running the openerp-web server on a local network and have set up the IP address to the machine's fixed IP (192.168.0.5).

I can access from other machine via 192.168.0.5:8080
From the welcome page, when I log in: ok.

From the welcome page, when I click on "databases", the URL of the page is directed to http://127.0.0.1:8080/database/ (instead of http://192.168.0.5:8080/database).
This also happens with some operations when I'm connected to a database (e.g. when trying to change user preferences).

I can get back to the target page by replacing the address in the URL but this is not a viable solution.

Am I something missing in the web server setup?

same problem on my system
servers open erp on 192.168.1.3:8080
no problem to access the main page on on the LAN but impossible to access to database configuration
default address 127.0.0.1 ..

Did you clear your browser's cache?

Even after clearing the cache I get the same problem.

What I however noticed is a difference in behavior between Firefox and IE 8.0.

First enter the URL http://192.168.0.5:8080

Then click on "logout".

On Firefox the URL becomes : http://127.0.0.1:8080/logout

On IE 8.0 the URL becomes : http://192.168.0.5:8080/logout

In both cases, the browser cannot display the page and the cache has been cleaned before.

In addition, Firefox presents the home page in english, IE in french.

Any idea?

I have exactly the same problem between Firefox and IE
after clicking on database
IE:
http:\\Local_ip_address:8080/database -> doesn't work..
( no problem replacing by http://local-ip-address:8080/database/create)

Firefox:
http://127.0.0.1:8080/database/ -> doesn't work..
( no problem replacing by http://local-ip-address:8080/database/create)
I didn't try to create database after replacing address

seems to have the same problem after logout too and when saving new data in forms.

ok from the server but with wrong adresses for LAN access..

I just had the same issue with OpenERP 5.0.10 on Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop. I could reach my database from the local desktop (which runs OpenERP server + web server + Apache) but not from a remote desktop (either Ubuntu or Win).
I managed to get a well working configuration in :
- adding the line "local-ip-address (for instance 192.168.0.3) openerpweb.com" to the hosts file of the remote and local desktop
- letting firefox open pop-up windows issued from both local-ip-address and openerpweb.com.

JM