Sean Keane wrote:What would the expected behaviour of the server be when there is no network connection available on the machine and the user attempts to start the server?
Well, in this case, the server will start normally, but in thesis, it will only be possible to connect to it from the same machine. For instance, if I start my server without network connections, it will start normally, but, since there are no network connections available, no other computers will be able to connect to it. Now, if the client looks for a server and there is no network connections available, you are gonna get a RemoteException. You can then handle it like this:
Cheers, Roberto Perillo
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