Running server with no Ethernet connection
 

Hi there I can set up and configure a server for use on the lan:
Static IP:
192.168.1.105
255.255.255.0
192.168.1.1

DNS
192.168.1.1

So that’s working but I wanted to take the laptop with me to work where there is no router / Ethernet connection and when I tried to run the server at work I realised that upon doing an ipconfig /all that there was none of the static info working on my card because the Ethernet is disconnected.

I’ve tried looking online to see if there is a way to keep your static ip address even if your Ethernet is disconnected but I can’t seem to figure it out. I’ve downloaded hyper-v and started playing with that but can’t figure out what I should do yet.

Anyone ahead of me on this and got this one nutted out?

Thanks

Vocertor old school rallos zek magician

You can either install a 'loopback' driver for that address - which will need to be removed before connecting back to your router..

..or, you can simply make copies of your eqemu_config.json and login.ini files and switch between lan and localhost configs.


For your localhost config settings, just change everything to 127.0.0.1 and the 'network' setting in login.ini toThat should be the easiest to maintain.

Ok thanks I’ve set everything to 127 but still can’t connect, so do I need to install a loopback? In my ip config it doesn’t even have a 127 address

Ok I’ve installed the loop back Adaptor and am now getting an up address but it’s not a 127 address it’s 169.254.197.254 do I need to set a static or some other configuration on the loop back adaptor to get the 127?

Ok I set a static on the loopback adaptor (a 192 address) and that had worked thanks
For your help the loop back adapator was exactly what I was looking for!