Re: Oracle in DHCP network

On 7 Mar 2007 08:37:52 -0800, "DrSnap" <DrSnap_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>Hello there,
>
>I've just installed Oracle Standard Edition 10g r2 on a Win2k PC. and
>I have to admit that I am a complete noob with (Oracle) databases.
>
>During the installation the installer requests me to install the
>Microsoft Loopback Adapter, because i'm running in a DHCP network. So
>I did it (I assumed that I have to give the loopback adapter just any
>static IP).
>
>Now as soon as i reboot the machine, I run into trouble: Subversion,
>Synergy don't work properly and network access to this machine is very
>slow.
>
>My question is now:
>What will the consequences, if I disable the "Microsoft Loopback
>Adapter" again? (the Oracle documentation is very vague on what it
>will actually be used for..)
>
>thanks for some explanations!
>
>:DrSnap

Oracle won't work anymore. Think of it: there are various components which read the IP address only once. If the IP address expires, Oracle is no longer reachable. The local loopback address won't expire.

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA