Re: IDS 9.x on Windows XP

David Reed wrote: > > I suppose there is not a workaround for this problem. Maybe to tell XP not > to disable the network interface? > > Why then that when I startup the machine without a network cable plugged in > the engine runs fine, can Informix not unattached itself from the network > when it goes down? I tried to reproduce this problem with an unplugged laptop by switching off the wireless, but IDS kept working. What do I need to do to see this? And when it happens, what error do you see in the online log or elsewhere? Thanks Guy > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On > Behalf Of Murray Wood (IList) > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 20:33 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: RE: IDS 9.x on Windows XP > > David > > If you configure Informix to talk to the loopback driver then you will never > be able to see the engine outside the server on which Informix is running > because it is not going out on the network. > > With Windows if you disconnect the network cable then the network is not > functioning and windows effectively disables the network interface. If > Informix is using that interface then it is also disabled. On this platform > this is how the OS behaves when you break the network. > > MW > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org >>[mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of David Reed >>Sent: Thursday, 10 March 2005 1:39 a.m. >>To: David Reed >>Subject: IDS 9.x on Windows XP >> >> >>Hi >> >>I have several "Informix 9.40.TC4 for Windows" client >>machines installed on Windows XP. All connect to a central >>UNIX server. All is running 100%. But as soon as the network >>gets broken, the databases on XP go down. I have tried the XP >>loop back drivers, which seems that works fine, the database >>on XP don't crash any more, but then the database on the UNIX >>server cannot connect to the databases on the XP box. >> >>Any Ideas, help or comments on the issue? >> >>Regards >>David Reed >> >> >>sending to informix-list >> > ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C52500.9B451230-- > > sending to informix-list