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Hi Peter,
I have no knowledge about The SKy 6 and Orchestra as per I dont use those software. It is also not clear for me if it is a requirement to be physically connected to a network in order to run them.
However, if there is a requirement to get the local hostname resolved it means that the software will query the DNS system as primarly name resolution method and in case of no response it will check within the operating system local hosts file.
If you are not connected to a DHCP system that deliver to your pc a network identity (the IP address) you will require to manually configure your network card and edit the local hosts file.
This file (...system32\etc\driver\hosts) is a simple text file that can be edited and in which you can add a static host entry that will provide to the OS (and the softwares) all the information about the network name of your machine which you want to be associated to the IP address configured into the network card. This routine will give the name resolution.
So basically, if you have for example the ethernet card using a static IP like 192.168.100.1 and you machine is named PC-Win, you will have to add in the local hosts file something like:
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.100.1 PC-Win
Hope this helps.
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