Hi,

>> And I believe "localhost:C:\data\test.gdb" uses the network, even if no
>> network cable is attached.

>Yes, via TCP/IP packets. The problem I am seeing is that
>when W2k decides that there is nothing connected to the
>network card it also disables local access to the TCP/IP
>'stack' - hence no local connection. The local loopback
>thingy seems to be the answer, and I will post some notes
>when I understand it <g>

I believe the local loopback works as some kind of emulation... I've tried
it once and it seemed to work fine.


Martijn






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