When using a VPN, starting a H2 server did not work (for some VPN software).

h2/src/docsrc/html/changelog.html

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ Change Log
 <h1>Change Log</h1>
 
 <h2>Next Version (unreleased)</h2>
-<ul><li>Oracle compatibility: support for DECODE(...).
+<ul><li>When using a VPN, starting a H2 server did not work (for some VPN software).
+</li><li>Oracle compatibility: support for DECODE(...).
 </li><li>Lucene fulltext search: creating an index is now faster if the table already contains data.
     Thanks a lot to Angel Leon from the FrostWire Team for the patch!
 </li><li>Update statements with a column list in brackets did not work if the list only contains one column.

h2/src/main/org/h2/util/NetUtils.java

@@ -46,12 +46,16 @@ public class NetUtils {
         if (address == null) {
             address = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
         }
-        int test;
-//        try {
-//            return createSocket(getHostAddress(address), port, ssl);
-//        } catch (IOException e) {
-            return createSocket("localhost", port, ssl);
-//        }
+        try {
+            return createSocket(getHostAddress(address), port, ssl);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            try {
+                return createSocket("localhost", port, ssl);
+            } catch (IOException e2) {
+                // throw the original exception
+                throw e;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /**