Using the Microsoft Loopback Adapter

Being the programmer that he is, Mango has set up a few test servers on his laptop. While we have the greatest confidence in our software, we like to subject ourselves to our efforts first, before a production server. While traveling the other day and without an Internet connection, Mango discovered that none of his local servers would work due to a DNS issue. He'd placed their names in his HOSTS file with the IP 127.0.0.1, but without an internet connection, the only name that would resolve was "localhost". Microsoft actually had a solution for this exact problem. It's a virtual adapter called the Microsoft Loopback Adapter. Here's how to install it: use hosts file with cable disconnected