Loopback ??

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Denville Longhurst

I use UDP port-to-port broadcasts quite a lot. Sometimes the receiving port
is on the same PC.

Took my laptop out yesterday to demo two of my apps (on my laptop)
communicating only to find that, because I wasn't plugged into a network,
they weren't.

I can get it to work if I take a little hub with me and plug the PC into
that, but that requires a mains connection. I tried making a physical
loop-back by looping pins 1 & 2 to 3 and 6 respectively on an RJ45 plug,
but, although the PC dropped the warning that I was disconnected, there was
no comms.

Anyone know whether it is possible to force things to work with no network
connection??

Many thanks,

Denville.
 
Set your network up in those conditions as an adhoc network (a.k.a. computer
to computer), it is in your wireless settings.
John Flint
 
Perhaps try a static route to your ip and use 127.0.0.1 as your default
gateway?
 
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