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Re: [h-e-w] gnuserv and loopback IP address
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Jason Rumney |
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Re: [h-e-w] gnuserv and loopback IP address |
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13 Jun 2002 19:50:07 +0100 |
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"John J. Lee" <address@hidden> writes:
> 2. What should the loopback IP address be? Windows refuses to accept
> 127.0.0.1, but if I put in some other address, how does gnuserv know what
> IP address to use?
gnuserv will use 127.0.0.1
The loopback adapter is not necessary for 127.0.0.1 to work, that
special address is handled internally by the TCP/IP stack. The
loopback adapter is only really useful for testing and in certain
types of clustering setup. So the advice you have received to
install the loopback adapter is faulty.