Comments on: What for is the MS Loopback Adapter in 10g? http://oraqa.com/2006/02/14/what-for-is-the-ms-loopback-adapter-in-10g/ Oracle Question and Answer Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:48:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: TFox http://oraqa.com/2006/02/14/what-for-is-the-ms-loopback-adapter-in-10g/comment-page-1/#comment-135 TFox Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:55:59 +0000 http://oraqa.com/2006/02/14/what-for-is-the-ms-loopback-adapter-in-10g/#comment-135 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. 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.

]]> By: TFox http://oraqa.com/2006/02/14/what-for-is-the-ms-loopback-adapter-in-10g/comment-page-1/#comment-134 TFox Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:54:53 +0000 http://oraqa.com/2006/02/14/what-for-is-the-ms-loopback-adapter-in-10g/#comment-134 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. 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.

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