Unfortunately it does actually seem to be a networking issue. I just tried
to wget the current fdnpkg file from ibiblio.org and it failed, reporting:
"Resolving www.ibiblio.org... failed: No address associated with hostname.
wget.exe: unable to resolve host address 'www.ibiblio.org'". I did forget
to mention this in my first email but I did previously try adding 8.8.8.8
as a NAMESERVER_PREFERRED in the MTCP config file but it had the same
problem.

On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 1:58 AM Jerome Shidel <[email protected]> wrote:

> Since you had ping working, you probably had networking working.
>
> So, it may just be an issue with the config file for FDNPKG that got
> installed. You should verify the settings in C:\FDOS\BIN\FDNPKG.CFG or you
> can just fetch the latest version of the package from the online repository
> at
> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/1.2/pkg-html/fdnpkg.html
>  and
> use unzip and update that config and binary by hand.
>
> On May 25, 2021, at 8:20 PM, Kelley McChesney <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi,
>
> I was having trouble getting my network setup with FreeDOS 1.2 on
> Virtualbox. I installed FDNet, Ping, and MTCP after installation, but after
> rebooting, I get strange network issues. I have tried both Bridged and NAT
> networking. With bridged, I get a DHCP connection and can ping IP
> addresses, but when I try to connect to any web address (mainly just
> running 'fdnpkg update'), it will try to connect for about a minute then
> says 'Repository download failed!'. With NAT, it is similar, but I cannot
> ping any IP addresses and fdnpkg returns the same issue instantaneously
> without waiting 30 seconds. Anyone have an idea what could be the issue?
>
> Thanks, Kelley
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