webdav monitcello repo problems.

I have a webdav dir on apache2 on Debian Sarge. I can access it from
another machine using cadaver and browse the dir. However if I try to
use Monticello on it I get error: could not access http://....

I am using an IP address since I don't have fqdn for it..yet.

I added the repository to monticello using http://ip-address/path with
user name and pwd. I am using basic authentication on the server and
have enabled put. I could not find anything on google and wiresong
which helped. Is there something I am overlooking?

tia,

bakki

PS: posted to dev list previously