At 10:05 PM 1/7/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Not really. I dont know much about IP addressing (I'm learning!) but as
far as
>I know you have to have an IP to do too much with winsock. Al this does is
make
>it sort of remind you you have no IP.
>
>Fili
>The Ignorant
>
>--
>Head Administrator for DarkStar: The Knight of Darkness
> telnet://mdarkstar.ml.org:7007
> http://mdarkstar.ml.org/~fili
>
>
> +------------------------------------------------------------+
> | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: |
> | http://democracy.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list-faq.html |
> +------------------------------------------------------------+
>
In WinNT there is a loopback interface you can add even when your NIC card
(or dial up modem) isn't installed. It may be possible to add this driver
to win95. But your correct, you can't telnet in without an IP Addr.
mike
Mike Bernico
Network Design Specialist
Area 2 Learning Technology Hub
"Remember, it's all just ones and zeros."
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: |
| http://democracy.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list-faq.html |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : 12/15/00 PST