Hi,
I am just wondering if using the MS-Loopback interface would solve these
problems.
I think that "dummy" interface is provided for cases like this where you need
an active
tcp/ip stack without having an active connection. (NT has it , I don't know
about win95,98, etc..)
Bogdan
Richard den Adel wrote:
> I really liked the socked-based interface concept and I think it would be a
> drawback to your design if you're implementing such a major change only
> because of the ms-windows problems.
>
> It might be worth the time to find a solution for the tcp/ip networking for
> those operating systems not supporting tcp/ip directly, because people will
> have the problems later on if they are going to write java programs with
> sockets etc. I prefer having a solution as close to the problem as possible.
>
> I suggest everyone will take some time searching the web to find some
> documentation about this. The solution might be very simple...
>
> keep up the good work!
>
> Richard
