Re: [coLinux-users] Losing Internet connection

[Dave C. <dgc...@gm...>]

>What coLinux version you are using?
Cooperative Linux Daemon, 0.8.0
Compiled on Wed Apr 25 22:19:16 2007


On 8/20/07, Henry Nestler <Hen...@ar...> wrote:
>
> Dave Coventry wrote:
> > Sam,
> >
> > Did you ever find out why XP stops allowing the Slirp connection from
> > Colinux?
> >
> > I keep finding I cannot connect, although removing the XP Local
> > connection does seem to cure it for a while, it's a pain to have to keep
> > doing this. Also, it seems to increment the name of the local connection
> > ("Local Area Connection 16").
>
> SLiRP should no hang on the TAP device. Under some situations the SLiRP
> hangs on the TAP instaed the real Ethernet for outgoing connections. For
> example, if you have no real Ethernet connection and the TAP device is
> "connected" before the slirp daemon starts.
> The 0.6.4 has an 10 sec timeout to re-connect over the current XP
> connection. So, should help to unplug the network cable (or "disable" in
> the network overview), wait 10 seconds and connect the cable (or
> "enable" the Ethernet card). Slirp should than read the current
> connection again and use the right DNS. As workarrount, you can add an
> other DNS behind the 10.0.2.15 in your resolve.conf
> The problem of old code: Slirp use the first connection, that is
> connected. This can also be the TAP device, and this would bad here.
>
> This all should solved in current coLinux versions (0.7.1 and 0.8.0
> Snapshots). There coLinux don't cache the DNS and don't bind on one of
> the network cards directly.
>
> What coLinux version you are using?
>
> PS: Slirp can't ping to the world, you can only test it with "wget ...".
> Slirp have no IMCP protocol, read more here:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2004-09/msg00192.html
>
> --
> Henry
>
>