Gigabit loopback?

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We have an application that requires a network connection in order to
function, to ensure the field based guys can run it when on the road I made
a batch of loopback cables to 'fool' the OS into thinking it was on a LAN...

We have just had some Acer Travelmate 8000's that have a Boadcom NetXtream
gigabit NIC onboard, the loopbacks don't seem to work in them!!

Any help woyld be much apreciated!

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Matt

 

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"Matt \(IS Team\)" <sales@groves-tic.spamtrap.com> wrote:
>We have an application that requires a network connection in order to
>function, to ensure the field based guys can run it when on the road I made
>a batch of loopback cables to 'fool' the OS into thinking it was on a LAN...
>
>We have just had some Acer Travelmate 8000's that have a Boadcom NetXtream
>gigabit NIC onboard, the loopbacks don't seem to work in them!!

Gigabit networking uses all four pairs in both directions at once, and
there isn't such a thing as a loopback. Maybe you could force them
into {10,100} megabit mode and try the loopback then?