Re: [Freedos-user] Laptop With Built in Wireless
Hi! > I recently put FreeDOS on my laptop that has built in wireless. I tried to > see if the BIOS on the computer would let me know what the packet driver Wireless is quite complicated, including extra security layers that are not needed for wired network (LAN) so DOS drivers are very rare. However, you could try small external wireless devices which connect through a LAN cable (NOT via USB) to your laptop. Not as popular as the USB WLAN sticks that you see everywhere, not even as popular as 3G / UMTS USB sticks, but available in a sufficiently dedicated computer shop, I would say :-) Note that such devices will probably need an AC power supply, so you only get comfort similar to PLC (DLAN, PowerLAN) as you still need a cable, but only to the next AC wall outlet to power your WLAN to LAN device. Eric PS: For a few old, first generation, WLAN devices, such as some old PCMCIA cards, DOS drivers actually do exist. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Laptop With Built in Wireless
> I recently put FreeDOS on my laptop that has built in wireless. I tried to > see if the BIOS on the computer would let me know what the packet driver > name was or where, but it didn't. So I was wondering how to find it or how > to scan for what type of driver to get, or something. I tried just typing > in the packet interupt in mtcp.cfg, but when I ran the dhcp app it wouldn't > work. Ay clues/tips? Thanks with a little bit of luck, universal TCP/IP network boot disk http://netbootdisk.com/download.htm supports your wlan adapter. this could as well be done in FreeDOS ... Tom -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Laptop With Built in Wireless
At 09:04 AM 5/8/2012, Kenny Emond wrote: >I recently put FreeDOS on my laptop that has built in wireless. I >tried to see if the BIOS on the computer would let me know what the >packet driver name was or where, but it didn't. So I was wondering >how to find it or how to scan for what type of driver to get, or >something. I tried just typing in the packet interupt in mtcp.cfg, >but when I ran the dhcp app it wouldn't work. Ay clues/tips? Thanks You will likely be SOL with using a wireless adapter with (Free)DOS, as you not only need a general packet driver for the NIC itself, but also software that handles all the encryption stuff as well as all the wireless settings (SSID, channel, etc)... Ralf -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Laptop With Built in Wireless
Hi, On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Kenny Emond wrote: > > I recently put FreeDOS on my laptop that has built in wireless. I tried to > see if the BIOS on the computer would let me know what the packet driver > name was or where, but it didn't. So I was wondering how to find it or how > to scan for what type of driver to get, or something. I tried just typing in > the packet interupt in mtcp.cfg, but when I ran the dhcp app it wouldn't > work. Ay clues/tips? Thanks You'd probably have to use "lspci | grep eth0" (or similar?) under Linux or Georg's NICSCAN.EXE under FreeDOS. There was probably another way for FreeDOS, but I forget exactly (berndpci? "pcisleep q02"? can't remember ...), and for that (IIRC) you'd still have to look online to match up the PCI code to brand name. http://www.georgpotthast.de/sioux/packet.htm -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
