Ok, when i want to use the winsock control, is it neccessary for the other computer that I'm trying to connect to have to have a valid Ip address? What I'm doing is making a chat program and my problem is that not all the computers on my Network has a valid Ip. We are running a Novell network not NT so I don't have a DHCP server. Some of the users do have a valid Ip so my program works on theirs. But the other users with an Ip of 127.0.0.1 the program doesn't work. Is this true or am I doing something wrong? Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

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