Using Personal Web Server without phone connection

I took delivery today of a laptop with Windows98 and installed Personal Web Server version 4 and registered the ASPdbview-local.dll successfully.

I copied the test asp and mdb files into a subdirectory (aspdb) of the designated root directory of PWS and attempted to access the test file :

http://localhost/aspdb/asp-test.asp

This access was disalloed while in `Working Offline` mode.
However, the same URL was successful (including the operation of ASPdb) when retried after a phone connection to my ISP was established.

The whole point of PWS to me is to be able to develop ASP/ASPdb without having to be attached to the phone connection (We pay for local calls by time). I want to be able to edit and test, edit and test all day without being on the phone.

Hi Rodney,

Although it`s beyond the scope of "ASP-db" support, you`re in luck! I`ve had the same problem myself and found out the solution is to install the Microsoft Loopback Adapter in the Network setup. Then, you can successfully go to either http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1 and see your local files.

Hope this helps!
John


On 9/15/98 4:37:58 PM, Rodney Myers wrote:
> I took delivery today of a laptop with Windows98 and installed Personal Web
> Server version 4 and registered the ASPdbview-local.dll successfully.

I
> copied the test asp and mdb files into a subdirectory (aspdb) of the
> designated root directory of PWS and attempted to access the test file
> :

http://localhost/aspdb/asp-test.asp

This access was disalloed while
> in `Working Offline` mode.
However, the same URL was successful (including
> the operation of ASPdb) when retried after a phone connection to my ISP was
> established.

The whole point of PWS to me is to be able to develop
> ASP/ASPdb without having to be attached to the phone connection (We pay for
> local calls by time). I want to be able to edit and test, edit and test all
> day without being on the phone.

Thanks for the reply. My WIn98 yielded nothing of the sort under Network,
but while looking around I found a flag for ignoring connection if in local area.
Forget exactly but at least it owkrs, and you got me looking in Control Panel, so thanks anyway.

On 9/15/98 11:59:51 PM, John Crombe wrote:
> Hi Rodney,

Although it`s beyond the scope of "ASP-db" support, you`re in
> luck! I`ve had the same problem myself and found out the solution is to
> install the Microsoft Loopback Adapter in the Network setup. Then, you can
> successfully go to either http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1 and see your
> local files.

Hope this helps!
John


On 9/15/98 4:37:58 PM, Rodney
> Myers wrote:
> I took delivery today of a laptop with Windows98 and
> installed Personal Web
> Server version 4 and registered the
> ASPdbview-local.dll successfully.

I
> copied the test asp and mdb
> files into a subdirectory (aspdb) of the
> designated root directory of
> PWS and attempted to access the test file
>
> :

http://localhost/aspdb/asp-test.asp

This access was disalloed while
>
> in `Working Offline` mode.
However, the same URL was successful
> (including
> the operation of ASPdb) when retried after a phone
> connection to my ISP was
> established.

The whole point of PWS to me
> is to be able to develop
> ASP/ASPdb without having to be attached to the
> phone connection (We pay for
> local calls by time). I want to be able to
> edit and test, edit and test all
> day without being on the phone.