Use of Orbix in autonomous mode with IP Loopback.


1- Start-> Settings -> Control Panel, Double-click on System, 
choose the Hardware Profiles tab. Select your Network Profile 
(if you don't have one select Original Configuration), 
and click Copy.  Choose a name for your new profile 
(ex. Planner Demo Profile) and Click OK. 

2- In Control Panel, double-click Network. 
Choose the Adapters tab. Click on Add. Choose Ms Loopback 
Adapter from the list and click OK. Select the 802.3 
frame type, OK. Click Close. When the TCP-IP configuration 
window pops up, select the Ms-Loopback Adapter from the 
drop-down box listing the Network adapters. 
Choose "Specify an IP Address". Do not choose DHCP! Type in 
an IP address, for example 204.19.38.20 (it doesn't matter 
which address since you will be in loopback mode). Type in 
a subnet mask (accept the default mask presented).  
Click OK. A box will pop up and tell you that there is no 
primary WINS address. That's OK since you won't be using WINS. 
When the computer prompts you to restart, Do not restart 
the computer (choose NO). If you restart the computer you 
will have problems!   

3- In Control Panel, double-click Devices. Look for the 
device named NDISLoop. Select it and click on the HW Profiles 
button. Choose Enable for your Planner profile and Disable 
for all of your other hardware profiles. Click OK. Now find 
the driver for your NIC (Network Adapter). For laptops it will 
most probably be a 3COM driver. Select it, click on the HW Profiles 
button and Disable it for your Planner profile. If you have a No 
Network dialup profile it should be disabled for this profile also.


To test your Planner profile:

Restart your computer. When prompted choose your Planner profile. 
Once the machine has completely booted up, log in. You should get 
the message: No Domain Controller is available. This is normal 
since you are not logging on to the network but your network 
capabilities are enabled for Planner. Start a DOS prompt and type: 
ipconfig. You should only see the IP address you entered and Subnet 
Mask of the MS Loopback Adapter (NDISLoop).  If you see any other IP 
addresses it means that your Network card has not been Properly 
disabled for the Planner profile. Refer to step 3 above.