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Yes, I use it at home, but instead of using localhost in CVSROOT I use IP adress and then it works, Hynek "Anthony Williams" <anthwil at nortelnetworks.com> wrote in message news:<a5njar$4kt$1 at sisko.my.home>... > "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 _______________________________________________ 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