Re: [coLinux-users] LANless Networking between host and coLinux

[Henry N. <Hen...@ar...>]

Dustin Webb wrote:
> After that subject you're probably asking yourself
> "What does this guy want to do?" My problem seems
> fairly simple and while I've heard that there is a
> solution, I haven't found it. I want to be able to
> communicate between the host OS (in this case ms
> windows xp) and my coLinux OS via TCP/IP while the
> host machine *isn't* connected to a network. So far my
> experience has been, I unplug my box from the network
> and XP unloads the network drivers. I've checked the
> Wiki, spoken with a couple of people in IRC and have
> been perusing the mailing list archives with no luck.
> Can anyone offer any tips or point me towards the
> appropriate documention?
> 
> TIA from a first time poster,
> Dustin
> http://www.daemonmaker.net

That's right. I'm also use coLinux without network.
I'm not using bridging mode.

If you have installed coLinux, you should have two network adapters:
   1. real network and
   2. colinux "TAP-Win32 Adapter V8 (coLinux)"
I have renamed the coLinux TAP (in network connections) from 
LAN-Connection into "LAN colinux", so I can see which of these is the 
right LAN.
Than give TAP driver a other network as your real network.

Sample of my system
Real network under XP:
   1. LAN-Connection: 192.168.0.71
   default gateway: 192.168.0.1
   2. TAP coLinux: 192.168.4.200

Inside coLinux
   TAP driver: 192.168.4.10
   default gateway: 192.168.4.200

Connection between coLinux and XP goes only over network 192.168.4.0 and 
never outside of my computer. (with and without real LAN connected)

If I need connection from coLinux to computer outside of XP, I need some 
static routings and gateways in XP.

Henry