Cygwin doesn't recognize my internet connection.
Thorsten Kampe
thorsten@thorstenkampe.de
Tue Mar 23 04:57:00 GMT 2004
* davidpesta@www.davidpesta.com (2004-03-22 21:07 +0100)
> I am somewhat unfamiliar with linux and needed certain linux capabilities, so
> I installed cygwin and got many things working well. The only problem that I
> cannot seem to find a solution to is getting cygwin to recognize the internet
> connection that windows xp is connected to. When I try to use curl, it reacts
> as if the connection is dead. I suppose something needs to be done to make
> cygwin realize what the connection this computer has to the internet.
Same as with all Windows applications in Windows and Linux
applications in Linux: nothing has to be done make them "Internet
aware". They just use the connection that your computer has and your
route to the Internet.
Thorsten
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