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"Bo Berglund" <bo.berglund at system3r.se> wrote in message news:3c7f096e.788373 at news.cvsnt.org... > On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:17:33 +0000 (UTC), "Anthony Williams" > <anthwil at nortelnetworks.com> wrote: > > >Is it possible to get the ntserver protocol working with localhost, or > >local-machine-name, especially when not connected to a network? > > > >Anthony > > A comment on 'not connected to network': > If you have a W2000 machine that is sometimes not connected to the > network (=laptop), then you will find that W2000 just unloads the > TCP/IP protocol completely and there is no more a localhost even. This > happens immediately you pull the network cable out of the NIC > socket..... > After struggling a bit with this I installed as a second 'NIC' the > Microsoft Loopback adapter. This is not dependent on the network cable > being plugged in and forces TCP/IP to be loaded all the time. After > that I have had no problem using CVSNT with my laptop's name in the > connect string (:ntserver:computername:/repository). Aha. I have found MS Loopback Adapter in the Network settings, and have added it. I will try it out next time I take my laptop off the network. Anthony -- Anthony Williams Software Engineer, Nortel Networks Optical Components Ltd The opinions expressed in this message are not necessarily those of my employer _______________________________________________ Cvsnt mailing list Cvsnt at cvsnt.org http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs