ping loopback with tcp/ip disabled

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Pinging the loopback address tests confirms that TCP/IP is running, correct?

Is there any reason that I can still ping the loopback address even though I
have disabled TCP/IP? Or is my understanding of what pinging the loopback
address does wrong?
 
Pinging the loopback address tests confirms that TCP/IP is running, correct?

Is there any reason that I can still ping the loopback address even though I
have disabled TCP/IP? Or is my understanding of what pinging the loopback
address does wrong?
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The loopback address is internal to the TCP/IP stack and can be used
even with no installed network adapters.

How did you disable TCP/IP?
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Steve Winograd said:
The loopback address is internal to the TCP/IP stack and can be used
even with no installed network adapters.

How did you disable TCP/IP?
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I disabled TCP/IP through the properties of the connection under the
networking tab. A lab in the Microsoft 272 book instructed me to disable
TCP/IP by unchecking the box there, which should keep pinging the loopback
from working. It did not, and my instructor did not have an answer as to why.

Does unckecking the box not actually disable TCP/IP for the connection?
 
I disabled TCP/IP through the properties of the connection under the
networking tab. A lab in the Microsoft 272 book instructed me to disable
TCP/IP by unchecking the box there, which should keep pinging the loopback
from working. It did not, and my instructor did not have an answer as to why.

Does unckecking the box not actually disable TCP/IP for the connection?
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Unchecking the box disables TCP/IP on that network connection, and
only on that network connection. It has no effect on other network
connections, and it has no effect on the loopback address.

The loopback address isn't associated with any network connection.
It's internal to the TCP/IP stack, and TCP/IP runs even when TCP/IP
isn't bound to any network connections. To demonstrate that, you can
un-install all network adapters, open a command prompt window, and use
the "route print" command to show the TCP/IP route table. It will
show:

127.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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