Re: [coLinux-users] Problems with TAP and/or WinPCap driver

[Jason A. <ja...@co...>]

This may or may not be helpful, but when I start CoLinux with the TAP 
driver, the TAP interface in windows does not go 'active'. IE: Windows 
still things there is 'nothing listening' at the other end (red X over the 
connection in task bar and on Network Connections page)

Jason

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Jason Ahrens wrote:

> I blew away my old XP install when I got a new hard disk and am setting 
> everything back up again.
>
> When I get to the coLinux install, everything looks ok. No errors during 
> install.
>
> However, when I set up  my TAP bridge in XP, my network goes away. XP says 
> everything is fine. The bridge is active, the real NIC is enabled and no 
> errors, but there's no trafic. I've checked the configuration and everything 
> looks OK to me. I've even gone and disabled all the offload options on my NIC 
> thinking I may be having a problem there. No dice.
>
> As soon as I remove the bridge, the real NIC starts working again and trafic 
> flows. No problem.
>
> So I decide to try the winPcap bridge as given in 
> http://wiki.colinux.org/wiki/Network
>
> With the option, the real NIC stays active, but I get no trafic out the 
> 'bridge'. Constantly getting the message "No route to host" for anything that 
> tries to use the network.
>
> What kind of troubleshooting do I have available to me for the TAP and/or 
> WinPCap drivers? I'm sure/hopefull that this is just a simple little thing 
> and I can get this all back up and going the way it was before my fresh 
> install!
> Thanks
>
> Jason
>