Re: Local http proxy

From: Oliver Münchow (omuenchow_at_NOSPAMgesytecDOT.de)
Date: 03/08/04 

Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 09:35:33 +0100

Hi Wojciech,

till Windows 2k Microsoft made some changes to their network interface and
how and when drivers and stacks are loaded and running. If you have a Win 2k
or above OS on your PC you can test it on your workstation. Just unplug your
network connection and type 'ipconfig' in your command prompt. You'll see
that instead of the ip settings a message 'Cable not connected' (or similar,
i don't know the correct english error message) and in that case you're not
able to ping localhost. On a workstation you have two options. First one is
software: You can add a new 'interface' to your network configuration. Take
a look at vendor Microsoft and install Loopback Adapter and your ethernet
connection is enabled even if no cable is connected. The second possibility
would be hardware and works flawless with CE. Just take a ethernet cable,
cut it off and connect all TX with correspondig RX lines and you have a
hardware loopback adapter. With it Windows gets a link enabled signal and
starts TCP/IP stack and you're able to ping localhost.

Best regards,
Oliver Münchow 

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"Wojciech Kalka" <wjk@digital-realms.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:ueVW6f3AEHA.2444@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Sorry for the bad english last time its not my native language :P
>
> Let me rephrase the problem.
>
> Hi,
>
> I coded an http server and an http proxy in java for pocketpc.
> My code itself runs quite well, but the pocketpc internet
> explorer or any other browser I found gives me a headache.
>
> If the os is not connected to any network, I can not access the
> localhost or 127.0.0.1 on any port.
>
> With my own tools I can access localhost ports 80 for the httpd and
> 8080 for the proxy and all work well, but with all web browser I found
> exp. ie I cannot access any local port on localhost or 127.0.0.1.
>
> I found a reply in some newsgroups to fix the access to a local web
> server. I applied this patch and I can access the local web server now
> with the pocket internet explorer.
>
> But any access to my local proxy (127.0.0.1:8080) just wont work as long
> the system is offline. The pocket internet explorer always asks for an
> Internet connection, which is really anoying me, because I want to
> provide an offline functionality with the http proxy on the localhost.
>
> How do I access 127.0.0.1 if the system is offline? Thunderhawk for
> example doesn’t want to start at all with no internet connection. The
> netfront web browser does not want to access 127.0.0.1 to.
>
> So how do I manage to use a web browser like ie to access the local
> proxy at any time, the same with the local webserver?
>
> I checked the ports with my own test code and they definitely are
> working well! Even with some tools like vxUtils they work well.
>
> I use following software
> java for ce -> www.ewesoft.com
> a pocketpc 2002 from casio, and a pocket pc 2003 mobile pda
> from t-online
>
> Any help would be really appreciated :-( ....
>
> Sniff
> Regards          Wojtek

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