How to run WebSphere Standalone on Windows without a network connection

Technote (FAQ)
Problem
While this is not an officially supported environment, it provides helpful information
for configurations without a Domain Name Server, such as a laptop.
Solution
Setup:
Before you start, make sure that your hostname is setup to a name other than localhost:
  1. You can get your hostname by typing hostname at a DOS command prompt.
  2. The value displayed should match your Computer Name. On NT you can verify by right-clicking on "Network Neighborhood" icon and then selecting properties.
  3. If not, then
    1. click on the "Change" button,
    2. update the computer name, then
    3. reboot to make the change take place.
Solution:
  1. Install TCP/IP (by right clicking on Network Neighborhood)
  2. Select Protocols (Add) and choose TCP/IP and point to your Windows NT CD or Windows NT install image directory on your File System.
  3. Click close and you will be prompted with a Binding menu.
  4. Chose an IP address (e.g., 9.9.9.9) and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and leave the default gateway IP field empty.
  5. Now select the DNS tab and specify a dummy domain (e.g., mydomain.standalone.com)
  6. Save this configuration,
  7. Reboot your machine
  8. After the reboot, you should be able to successfully ping your IP address
  9. You should also be able to
    ping <Yourhostname>.mydomain.standalone.com
    • Your hostname is always returned by the DOS hostname command
    • For example, if you type hostname and the returned value is "foofighter", when you ping foofighter you should see the following output:
      Pinging foofighter.mydomain.standalone.com [9.9.9.9] with 32 bytes of data:
      Reply from 9.9.9.9: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128...
  10. Now install WebSphere advanced... Happy stand-alone networking!











Document Information

Product categories: Software, Application Servers, Distributed Application & Web Servers, WebSphere Application Server, Install
Operating system(s): NT
Software version: 3.0, 3.0.2, 3.5.x, 4.0.x
Software edition: Standard, Advanced
Reference #: 1000486
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: 2002-09-06