{"id":346,"date":"2013-03-10T20:09:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T19:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qualilogy.com\/en\/?p=346"},"modified":"2013-03-11T14:37:55","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T13:37:55","slug":"install-sonar-oracle-loopback-adapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/qualilogy.com\/en\/install-sonar-oracle-loopback-adapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Sonar – Oracle Loopback Adapter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sonar<\/a>The last post of our serie ‘Install Sonar’ described the installation and configuration of Oracle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As it was already long enough, we could not see some tips and tricks that can be useful to verify that Oracle is installed and usable.<\/p>\n

If your installation was a on a computer of you company, with a network connection, then your Oracle should already be working correctly.<\/p>\n

In fact, Oracle requires an IP address in order to work. And without going into details, if your PC is running on a network, you already have an IP address. If you’re not always \u2013 if ever \u2013 connected to a corporate network, you will need a local IP address. It is the role of the Loopback Adapter, which simulates a network loop on your computer.<\/p>\n

We will discuss in this post how to install a Loopback Adapter needed to use Oracle on a standalone station, such as a laptop for example. <\/p>\n

The first thing to do is to check if you already have one on your machine.<\/p>\n

Check if a Loopback Adapter is installed<\/h2>\n

To do this, open a DOS window (cmd.exe), and type the command\u00a0ipconfig \/all<\/strong>.
\nHere is the result on my PC:<\/p>\n

\"IPCONFIG<\/a><\/p>\n