Re: [coLinux-users] Windows 2000 - Connection Sharing

[Robert C. <rw...@al...>]

(I've moved this thread back to the list.)

On Monday, May 17, 2004, at 03:32 US/Central, Sean Covel wrote:
> The main networking page in the WIKI is missing the "always on" 
> setting.

Which page is that?  Can you post a URL?

> I'm glad you started the user list because your documentation on the 
> WIKI is difficult to navigate.

Just to clarify, I didn't start the user list nor the wiki.  I just 
send/reply to e-mails, write/modify wiki pages, and dabble with the 
code occasionally.  Dan deserves the credit for starting the project 
and the lists.  http://www.colinux.org/?section=devteam

> I just did an "emerge sync" on coLinux and it worked!

This seems to be Gentoo's equivalent to Debian's apt-get update ... 
sort of.

> The two pieces I was missing was the "always on" and the static IP for 
> the TAP NIC.

Interesting.  Although 'ipconfig /all' says 'no' for 'DHCP enabled', I 
have never set the IP address on the TAP adapter.  TAP has always been 
DHCP for me.  Strange that the TAP adapter doesn't list a gateway, 
either, yet it works.

> Having the link to the "ipconfig /all" really helped.

That's good to know.  Thanks for the feedback.

> I'm running coLinux 20040509.  My root fs is the Gentoo fs.
>
> I was SOOOO close to re-partitioning my laptop's HD so I could dual 
> boot Linux.  I'm sure my work's tech support would have frowned on 
> that. coLinux solves that problem for me!
>
> Thanks for your hard work and a really cool project!!!

For the pieces I've done, you're welcome.  But thanks really go to Dan 
for getting the ball rolling and everyone else for pushing it along.

> P.S.  Now to try to get coLinux to use my wireless NIC.  Am I too 
> greedy?  Maybe, but my home network is wireless.

I say go for it.  But if you run into issues, you may want to check the 
mailing list archives and the wiki page for hints on wireless.  I've 
heard people having mixed results.  I'm doing wireless, but in a very 
strange way:

   http://cwelug.org/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi?X11_Colinux_Win2k_Osx

Regards,
- Robert