LinuxQuestions.org - can't access virtual host from local machine

Odd problem here. I've successfully setup virtual hosts on my computer and I can access them from everyone elses computer, but I can't access them from the local computer.

So sandwich.domain.edu is the default to go to. It is set as the global DocumentRoot and ServerName.
I can access it by typing its address in the browser on the local computer.

On the other hand, mentoring.domain.edu doesn't load at all and times out. On other computers, it loads fine. Any suggestions? Even better, is there a way I can trace what is happening when the request for mentoring.domain.edu is sent from my computer and how apache or whatever catches that request and interprets it?

Some more thoughts about it:
I was thinking the firewall might be a problem, since i manually did iptables myself with very basic rules, and perhaps virtual hosting gets confused that the localhost is trying to access it:

Code:

iptables -P INPUT DROP

iptables -P FORWARD DROP



iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT

iptables -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.0/8 -d 127.0.0.0/8 -i lo -j ACCEPT



iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT



# apache

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -i eth0 -j ACCEPT

Here is also my virtual host settings. As I said, they work when accessed from any computer that is not the local computer hosting the server.

Code:

<VirtualHost *:80>

    DocumentRoot /websites/sandwich/WWW

    ServerName sandwich.domain.edu

    ErrorLog /websites/sandwich/logs/error_log

    CustomLog /websites/sandwich/logs/access_log common

</VirtualHost>



<VirtualHost *:80>

    ServerName mentoring.domain.edu

    ServerAlias mentoring

    DocumentRoot /websites/mentoring/WWW

    ErrorLog /websites/mentoring/logs/error_log

    CustomLog /home/share/websites/svsa/mentoring/logs/access_log common

</VirtualHost>