Re: [coLinux-users] WiFi bridge with XP

[Ronald P. <pij...@ds...>]

> I have a Dell D800 with WiFi and GigEth networking.
> I have colinux-20040710 running with XP in bridged mode.
> 
> Is there a way to get my WiFi interface to work with colinux, using XP 
> bridging or some other method ???
> 
> Does the WiFi interface look like any other Ethernet interface or is it 
> a different beast.  If it looks like an ordinary Ethernet then it should 
> work with XP bridging without any problems, but I can't get it to work.

I tried both XP bridging using the TAP way, which worked, but requires XP
doing the translation from 192.168.0.255 network to the actual network
you are on.

Later I tried bridging WinPCap style. Initially this didn't work for me
(and I noted this on the Wiki). However, since then I've changed the
setup such that both sides (windows and colinux) use the same mac address
-- as opposed to what is described in the wiki -- and this works fine.

However, I have no idea what problems can arise from using the same mac
address on two different IP-addresses.

Btw. I use static IP-addresses. I can immagine more problems when using
dhcp.

Regards,

Ronald.