Re: VB6 OCX and loopback interface

["Rob West" <xplworld@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Tony

It turned out that it was my broadcast address that was causing the
problem.
Setting it back to 255.255.255.255 allows me to use either the LAN or
loopback interfaces (loopback works regardless of whether the LAN is
disconnected or disabled).

However, this has highlighted a big gap in my IP knowledge. I was under the
impression that I should restrict the broadcast address to stop
transmitting
xPL packets to the whole internet; now I'm not sure any more!

Can anyone shed some light on the "best" broadcast address to
use?

Rob.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Tofts" <tony@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 7:34 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_xpl] VB6 OCX and loopback interface


> > For information I'm running Windows 2000 SP4, and I get the
> > message "Sorry, unable to start xPL sub-system." when I
try
> > to run the application. (Ping "localhost" or
"127.0.0.1" is
> > working, by the way.)
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> Have you tried disabling the normal lan connection (rather than it
just
> being unplugged)?
>
> If my memory serves correctly the loopback has only been used when no
other
> interface was present
>
> Regards
> Tony
>
>
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