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On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 08:35:44 +0000 (UTC), "Anthony Williams" <anthwil at nortelnetworks.com> wrote: >"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). > >How is your system set up? I tried the Loopback protocol (on NT4sp5), but >got "unable to open named pipe" with ntserver. pserver seemed to connect OK, >but all my users are aliases for domain users, and are rejected when not >connected to the network (even though I can log in using the same domain >user when not connected). > >Anthony Well, it is quite simple: - Laptop Compaq Armada E500 with built-in NIC - Windows 2000 Pro, SP2 - TCP/IP will drop out totally if network cable removed.... - So I installed a MS Loopback adapter as the second NIC - Assigned this adapter a bogus IP address - I have no aliases set up in the passwd file (I am myself) After this the network protocol (TCP/IP) never drops out and I can use my laptop for all applications I develop that need network access (winsock apps for example), which was not possible before. I have always been able to use CVSNT locally by just setting the connect to :ntserver:armadillo:<repository> where armadillo is my laptop's name. But CVSNT was installed *after* I had the loopback adapter installed, the TCP/IP disappearance was a problem about a year before I started using CVS... I did not quiet understand your wording above, are you saying that others also use your CVSNT server even though it is on your laptop?? /Bo /Bo (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden) _______________________________________________ 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