Hi Edenyard!
07 Nov 2002, "Edenyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
E> I'd be grateful if somebody could kindly point me in the right
E> direction regarding getting a DOS network to work from scratch. I have
E> two PCs, both running IBM DOS7 and each with a 3Com 3C509B-combo card
E> installed. (There's no Windoze anywhere on either machine - or indeed
E> anywhere on the premises!) I was hoping to be able to install some
E> drivers and then start copying files between machines using Xtree,
E> but I don't understand exactly what I need (between DOS7 and Xtree)
E> to make this happen.
I don't know what xtree is ... but anyways:
you have some possibilities.
1) M$ LANMAN (basically windows SMB for DOS, if you want to provide data you
need the server version)
I have seen it freely on the net
2) ftp server on one machine, ftp client on the other
3) personal netware (??? I don't know about it's capabilities, but it should be
able to do it)
Under a real OS, you would use NFS (network filesystem) and mount the exported
directories into the other machines directory tree.
E> I went to the 3Com site and downloaded the latest DOS disk for the
E> NICs, but when I come to install it, I'm asked to make choices about
E> Netware, ODI, and all sorts of other things that I don't understand
E> the meanings of.
This is only the DRIVER disk !
You need the rest of the network software.
E> I also wondered whether, if one machine has a dial-up internet
E> connection and the other one's running Arachne, it would be possible
E> for Arachne to connect to the dial-up over the DOS network link.
yes.
You need a NAT router. (somebody mentioned a SW for DOS which does it, BUT than
the computer with the dial-up connection sits there and executes the NAT
software, don't forget that DOS is single tasking)
With a real OS you would simply enable IP forwarding ("masquerading") and use
all 3 network access methods mentioned above while being able to work on the
routing computer !
By googling for dos solutions I found:
http://www.dossolutions.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/network.htm
there are download links for M$ LANMAN, and a software called internet extender
which you can use to use the internet from the other computer.
PS: the part about "Invisiblesoft" products sounds promising, too ...
good luck !
E> Thanks for any help!
E> Gerald.
CU, Ricsi
--
|~)o _ _o Richard Menedetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> {ICQ: 7659421} (PGP)
|~\|(__\| -=> If it walks out of your refrigerator, LET IT GO! <=-
