L.D wrote:
>First BOOTP doesn't support DHCP; DHCP supports BOOTP ... protocol says
>it has to be backwards compatible with BOOTP. The change(s) made must
>have been to bring BOOTP up to last standards before everything switched
>to DHCP. Independent programs report that BOOTP was being used [not
>DHCP].
Independent programs can not see what Arachne uses AFAIK.
>IP_Address BOOTP
>;IP_Address BOOTP ... WatTcp attepmts to use BOOTP protocol
Aha! So you do use WatTcp (as I already knew and stated).
>Note that it file itself says it is for use with Klos PPP.
I have never stated that this was the correct file to open and read.
> If we are using Waterloo TCP, it's either invisible [not part of
> the installation package] or has been included in its entirety
> within Core.exe
Yes it's included in Arachne.
># The following are options specific to Arachne Waterloo TCP for LAN.
So it's for Arachne :)
># DO NOT USE THE DEFAULT VALUES OF THESE OPTIONS.
># Never guess IP numbers. If you are unsure, contact you local network
># administrator.
So ?.?.?.? isn't a good netmask to use (255.255.255.0 is often better).
What this says is that you should not guess the numbers but ask whoever is
responsible for the connection - in your case the cable company.
>## Don't write IP address to this file, if you are using Arachne - WWW
browser
>## for DOS. Write it to ARACHNE.CFG.
So we shouldn't add the netmask (and the other IP (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)
adresses to this file).
But these two
>sockdelay=40
>mss=1024
Are still used by Arachne.
>Thank heavens the EtherNet Wizard made RTFM unnecessary [Well, that and
>the help I got here.] If I'd actually had to READ [and follow what was
>written] the funny manual, I *still* wouldn't be up and running on cable.
So the information isn't easy to understand for everyone. If I had to use
the Wizard and not read these files I wouldn't have got Arachne to work in
school.
>You tryin' to get rid of me? Just for that I will, to see what happens!
Try it in lantcp.cfg and I might succeed ;-)
//Bernie
http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...
