Trying to demo my app without a web connection on Vista

[Mike Grigsby]

Normally I demo my apps to prospects using GoToMeeting. My newest app requires my sales reps to demo on Vista laptops at the client's site. The app is for lower-tech customers, and we discovered today that the app won't run locally (http://localhost) if there is no network connection. I tried it on my laptop and realized the exact same problem. Is there a setting anyone knows about to correct this problem? I thought that localhost or 127... worked on any computer, connected or not. Thanks for any ideas!

[Bruce]

Hi Mike,

Laptops particularly have a habit of "unloading networking" when there is no network cable plugged in. This makes windows work better when moving from one network to another - especially in cases where DHCP is involved.

I'm not 100% sure on Vista, but on XP this was resolved by installing a "loopback adapter" (which is found under the manufacturer "Microsoft") as another network interface. I'm assuming vista has much the same sort of thing.

Tip: using the address http://127.0.0.1 is faster then http://localhost

Cheers
Bruce

[Mike Grigsby]

Thank you Bruce. I didn't know that 127 was faster. That's a great tip!