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In a msg of , Frank Sexton writes to Steve 
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Frank,
 FS>> rem Set the LOCAL LOOPBACK address
 FS>> ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
 SM>> Just curious - where does the IP address come from?
 FS> It is the de facto standard for local loopback.
Aha!  I saw that somewhere after I posted this - probably a post from you on 
the Net!
 SM>> Where does one put the above statement?
 FS> Anywhere one likes (grin).  You can type it at the command
 FS> line anytime or put it in a batch file or whatever
 FS> (startup.cmd?).  I put mine in my LOGIN.CMD which is placed
 FS> in my startup folder.
Thanks again.  I think I may have yet another problem here, because I did a 
search on all my hard drives and had no loopback.anything except for a few 
text files describing how to wire serial/parallel loopback plugs.
I suspect not running a LAN here is the main problem - the required file(s) 
just didn't get installed.
 SM>> Thanks for the tip!  I ran into the problem (the first
 SM>> time ever) with the beta of SIO 2.0!
 FS> Ahh... I'll be on the lookout for a new SIO :-)
It seems to work quite well here, for the Internet stuff, but my mailer pukes 
and as I (already mentioned), VMODEM won't start up.
Be advised that SIO 2.0 is a *new* program!  I think you can determine what 
that means for yourself! :^)  Having used 1.x, and depended on it for so 
long, I have no problem with that, but would suggest that anyone who has used 
it for as long as I have register another copy to get a later serial number - 
I did last nite.
If anyone is interested, I'll post the text that pertains to this from the 
beta readme file.
-[Steve]-
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