When installing Oracle, the system often prompts the IP address assigned by DHCP. If you ignore the IP address, you can also install it. However, if the IP address is changed in the future, many dependent services may not be started. To solve this problem. You can install the loopback Nic. However, using the Add hardware wizard on Widnows 7 as usual does not allow you to install the device manually, as shown in:
Does Widnows 7 no longer support loopback adapter or manually adding devices? Otherwise, we can Hdwwiz.exe "(Note that this is not hdwwiz. CPL)Command to manually add a device or driver. To do this, follow these steps. The following is a step-by-step installation interface.
Select "manually install hardware (advanced) selected from the list" according to the operating system wizard )".
In the hardware list, select "network adapter ".
Select Microsoft loopback adapter.
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