The networking on Debian and Gentoo will be the same.
think, this would not help you. Only if you know more from
native gentoo, then gentoo could be better for you.
Mostly all networking problems are on the Windows side
and/or with understanding the difference between the
various types (TAP/SLiRP/Pcap-Bridged/Windows-Bridging/ICS).
Wiki: "SLiRP with fixed address"
If you install one of the latest version, for sample 0.6.3,
then search the network type SLIRP in the wiki help. This
is not fast, but very easy to install inside the coLinux.
On the windows side give only "eth0=slirp" as command line,
or type="slirp" in the older XML config. Inside coLinux
type this ony linux root command prompt, and your network
is running:
Logged In: YES
user_id=579204
Yes, it is running under XP-Home.
The networking on Debian and Gentoo will be the same.
think, this would not help you. Only if you know more from
native gentoo, then gentoo could be better for you.
Mostly all networking problems are on the Windows side
and/or with understanding the difference between the
various types (TAP/SLiRP/Pcap-Bridged/Windows-Bridging/ICS).
Wiki: "SLiRP with fixed address"
If you install one of the latest version, for sample 0.6.3,
then search the network type SLIRP in the wiki help. This
is not fast, but very easy to install inside the coLinux.
On the windows side give only "eth0=slirp" as command line,
or type="slirp" in the older XML config. Inside coLinux
type this ony linux root command prompt, and your network
is running:
ifconfig eth0 10.0.2.15 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast
10.0.2.255
route add default gw 10.0.2.2
echo "nameserver 10.0.2.3" > /etc/resolv.conf
And last:
Have you installed it complete, exist files colinux-net-
daemon.exe and colinux-slirp-net-daemon.exe?