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"Bo Berglund" <bo.berglund at telia.com> wrote in message news:3c862942.893798500 at news.cvsnt.org... > 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... The only difference I can see is win2k vs nt4. If I ping my laptop when off the network, it shows the bogus ip address I gave it, and shows no packet loss, but ntserver still doesn't work. I haven't tried any other network apps. > 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?? No, that would be daft. I log in as different users for different tasks (some local, some domain) and the passwd file maps them all to the same (domain) user. When I'm on the network, I also log in using pserver from my sparc, so I need the passwd entries to avoid transmitting my network password. Maybe its because everything maps to a domain user. I'll try mapping everything to a local user. 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