This may or may not be helpful, but when I start CoLinux with the TAP
driver, the TAP interface in windows does not go 'active'. IE: Windows
still things there is 'nothing listening' at the other end (red X over the
connection in task bar and on Network Connections page)
Jason
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Jason Ahrens wrote:
> I blew away my old XP install when I got a new hard disk and am setting
> everything back up again.
>
> When I get to the coLinux install, everything looks ok. No errors during
> install.
>
> However, when I set up my TAP bridge in XP, my network goes away. XP says
> everything is fine. The bridge is active, the real NIC is enabled and no
> errors, but there's no trafic. I've checked the configuration and everything
> looks OK to me. I've even gone and disabled all the offload options on my NIC
> thinking I may be having a problem there. No dice.
>
> As soon as I remove the bridge, the real NIC starts working again and trafic
> flows. No problem.
>
> So I decide to try the winPcap bridge as given in
> http://wiki.colinux.org/wiki/Network
>
> With the option, the real NIC stays active, but I get no trafic out the
> 'bridge'. Constantly getting the message "No route to host" for anything that
> tries to use the network.
>
> What kind of troubleshooting do I have available to me for the TAP and/or
> WinPCap drivers? I'm sure/hopefull that this is just a simple little thing
> and I can get this all back up and going the way it was before my fresh
> install!
> Thanks
>
> Jason
>
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