[Cvsnt] NTServer protocol and localhost

Hynek Syrovatka hsyrovatka at langmaster.cz
Fri Mar 1 10:06:27 GMT 2002


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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
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