Loopback Adapter Installation

Installing a Loopback Adapter on Windows XP-32 Bit :

My System configuration: Ram 8 GB and windows XP Installed on virtual machine

Open the Windows Control Panel.

1.      If you are in Category view switch to Classic view

2.      Double-click Add Hardware to start the Add Hardware wizard

3.      In the Welcome window, click next

4.      Follow the screen shots one by one

In the Properties dialog box, click Use the following IP address and do the following:

a. IP Address: Enter a non-routable IP for the loopback adapter. For instance:

i. 10.10.10.10

ii. 192.168.x.x (x is any value between 0 and 255)

b. Subnet mask: Enter 255.255.255.0.

c. Leave all other fields empty.

Click OK

Close Network Connections.

Restart the computer.

Add a line to the SYSTEM_DRIVE:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file with the following format, right after the localhost line:

IP_address hostname.domainname hostname

 where:

• IP_address is the non-routable IP address
• hostname is the name of the computer.
• domainname is the name of the domain.
•  Note : Domain name is optional. In the following screen shot. I just used my Computer Name.
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 Check the network configuration:

• Open System in the Control Panel, and select the Computer Name tab. In Full computer name, make sure you see the host name and the domain name, for example, sales.us.mycompany.com.
• Click Change. In Computer name, you should see the hostname, and in Full computer name, you should see the host name and domain name. Using the previous example, the host name would be sales and the domain would be us.mycompany.com.
• Click More. In Primary DNS suffix of this computer, you should see the domain name, for example, us.mycompany.com

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