Installing OBIEE 11.1.1.6 Loopback Adapter on Windows Server 2008 64bit.

Installing the loopback adapter

Click on start and right click on Computer and select Properties to get to the System control Panel

Select device manager

Right click on the computer name and add legacy hardware.

Install the hardware manually

Select network adapters from the list

Microsoft --> Loopback adapter

click next

Then click finish on the wizard

Now open the network and sharing Center

And select Change adapter settings

Right click the loopback adapter and select properties

We will be altering the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) settings

Set the IP address to be non navigable 10.10.10.10

And the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0

Now close the Properties

You can test this by opening a command window and running ipconfig /all


Part of the output will show your loopback settings.

The loopback adapter should be set up and running