What for is the MS Loopback Adapter in 10g?
February 14th, 2006 By Fahd Mirza
I am running Oracle 10g R2 on Windows 2003 Enterprise Server. Installation of 10g requires to first configure the Microsoft Loopback adapter.
I have two questions, if you please,
Why the loopback adapter is required at all?
What if I delete the loopback adapter after installation?
Thanks in advance !
February 16th, 2006 at 12:54 pm
If your Windows system is a DHCP client, the MS Loopback adapter allows you to assign a static IP on a virtual network adapter. It is similar to a regular loopback, such as 127.0.0.1, however, it can use other IPs, such as 192.168.100.230.
If your Windows system has a static IP address, then you do not need the Loopback adapter.
You won’t want to delete the loopback adapter if you are a DHCP client. However, if you delete it anyway, the only thing I think would happen is the listener may fail. That can be corrected by fixing the listener.ora file.
February 16th, 2006 at 12:55 pm
Shame I cannot edit my first post, however, 10g installation _does not require_ you to have the loopback installed. It just warns that if you are a DHCP client, you may be in for a rocky road.