[coLinux-users] Win XP Bridged Network Disconnecting

[Yang Z. <yan...@ov...>]

Hi, I was able to get XP's native bridged networking going just fine 
before (I'm on a home LAN with one of those Linksys cable/DSL DHCP 
routers). However, I temporarily removed my Local Area Connection from 
the bridge (to appease my ISP's tech support guy who thought the bridged 
network was why my Internet connection was slow). But now when I try to 
add my Local Area Connection back to the bridge, I get disconnected; I 
can't reach my LAN or get on the net. I tried recreating the bridge from 
scratch, but no difference. I saw the following details under the 
Support tab (which I think is identical to ipconfig's stdout):

For the bridge:
IP: 169.254.169.245
Subnet: 255.255.0.0
Gateway: [blank]

For my ethernet (Local Area Connection):
[all blank]

For CoLinux TAP (Local Area Connection 2):
[all blank]

I tried hitting Repair for all three, to no avail (I think this just 
does the same as ipconfig /release followed by ipconfig /renew). For the 
bridge, there's a long pause before I see the error message.

Anybody know what's going on? If it makes any difference, I have SP2, 
which has that application/port-based firewall, but I highly doubt it's 
the cause behind all this. Thanks in advance for any help.