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Installing the MS Loopback Adapter on Windows 2000

The procedure can be performed similarily on Windows XP. For details, please refer to the documentation of your operating system.

  1. Installation of MS Loopback Adapter

Choose Control Panel -> Add/Remove Hardware

Install MS Loopback Adapter as shown in the following sreens:

  1. Asign a permanent IP address to MS Loopback Adapter

Choose ‘My Network Places’  Icon on the desktop -> Properties

Choose the ‘Microsoft Loopback Adapter’ out of the list of Network and Dial-up connections -> Properies  

Change the properties as shown below

Editing the hosts file

In the file C:\Winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts enter:

<permanent IP address> <host name>

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