Installing Microsoft Loopback Adaptor

Microsoft Loopback Adapter is a virtual/dummy network card, there is no hardware required for this. It create virtual network environment where network access is not available. You can install microsoft Loopback Adopter very easyly just follow following steps:

1. In Control Panel, double-click Add Hardware, and then click Next
2. Click Yes, I have already connected the hardware, and then click Next.
3. At the bottom of the Installed hardware list, click Add a new hardware device, and then click Next.
4. Click Install the hardware that I manually select from a list, and then click Next
5. In the Common hardware types list, click Network adapters, and then click Next.
6. In the Manufacturers list box, click Microsoft.
7. In the Network Adapter list box, click Microsoft Loopback Adapter, and then click Next.
8. Click Next to start installing the drivers for your hardware.
9. Click Finish.
10. Click Start, click Settings, and then click Network Connections to verify that the Microsoft Loopback Adapter has been installed.

• do not set the gateway because you can screw you internet connection
• do not set DNS because you really don’t need it
• do not set 127.0.0.1 or 192.168.0.1 or addresses from the same class as your internet connection address
• The addresses that I’m using most of the time are 10.10.10.10 or 111.111.111.111 with 255.255.255.0 as mask.