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From:	Thorsten Kampe <thorsten AT thorstenkampe DOT de>
Subject:	Re: Cygwin doesn't recognize my internet connection.
Date:	Tue, 23 Mar 2004 00:02:44 +0100
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* davidpesta AT www DOT davidpesta DOT 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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