DR-DOS 7.03 comes with an integrated networking system called Personal
Netware. I tested it and, like I said before, it is a high quality
product. The only drawback is that, being now part of DR-DOS, it can be
installed only if DR-DOS is installed.
If you decide to give it a try, get a copy of DR-DOS 7.03 (many folks here
can point you to the place you can get it) and install it on both
machines. It doesn't ruin anything, in fact it makes backups of your
previous boot and system files, and leaves the rest of the previous DOS
files intact, so DR-DOS can be safely uninstalled. Then you'll
also need the respective driver from the ODI or NETWARE (whichever the
client) directory of the driver disk you're saying you've downloaded from
the 3Com site. Read carefully through the docs, cause this is not just a
simple link between two computers, but a network, so you're going to be a
netadmin in the end :). I can provide you more specific help when needed,
if you decide to install it.
Best regards
Cristian
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Edenyard wrote:
> Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 11:19:58 +0000
> From: Edenyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: DOS networking (was: Andy's Memory Problems)
>
> On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 13:29:29 +0200 (EET), Cristian Burneci wrote:
>
> > Also, there's no need to load DPMS if you're not using Personal Netware.
> > DPMS is used only by the Novell utilities. BTW i tried Personal Netware
> > and I find it superior in every aspect to the peer-to-peer Microsoft
> > Network. Better speed, better stability, better security (access rights on
> > a per user basis). Too bad PN is not supported at all by Win9x.
> >
>
> Ah - I glad somebody's mentioned this subject....
>
> I'd be grateful if somebody could kindly point me in the right
> direction regarding getting a DOS network to work from scratch. I have
> two PCs, both running IBM DOS7 and each with a 3Com 3C509B-combo card
> installed. (There's no Windoze anywhere on either machine - or indeed
> anywhere on the premises!) I was hoping to be able to install some
> drivers and then start copying files between machines using Xtree,
> but I don't understand exactly what I need (between DOS7 and Xtree)
> to make this happen.
>
> I went to the 3Com site and downloaded the latest DOS disk for the
> NICs, but when I come to install it, I'm asked to make choices about
> Netware, ODI, and all sorts of other things that I don't understand the
> meanings of. Now I'm stuck and I realise there's a whole chunk missing
> in my knowledge.
>
> I also wondered whether, if one machine has a dial-up internet
> connection and the other one's running Arachne, it would be possible for
> Arachne to connect to the dial-up over the DOS network link.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Gerald.
>
>
>
