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Re: TCP/IP and the Workset/2

#1799
From: David Bolen
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 14:43
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In article <BxCvLD.8s5@nic.umass.edu> mcrocker@titan.ucc.umass.edu (MATTHEW S CROCKER) writes:

>                                             Does the TCP/IP need
>to see an ethernet card in my system before it will run?  I should
>be able to set up client/server stuff on my machine without having
>to have a network running...

Shouldn't be a problem - just set up a loopback interface ("lo") with
whatever address you want (127.0.0.1 is standard), and use that
address when testing out your stuff.

Although this is programming related, you'll probably have better luck
if questions about TCP/IP in the future are directed to
comp.os.os2.networking.

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Subject: Re: TCP/IP and the Workset/2
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In-Reply-To: mcrocker@titan.ucc.umass.edu's message of Sat, 7 Nov 1992 17: 08:00 GMT
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 14:43:13 GMT
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