Re: [Freedos-user] Packet Driver For Arachne Browser

[Lester Vedrox]

> From: tomleem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> A peek at Fdauto.bat shows that your packet-driver aborts loading

I see that my message from Oct-10 is blank on Sourceforge archives page so I 
will repost it 
here.

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Thanks, everyone. TCP/IP can be set with BOOTP now and seems to be working ok.

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9059/10112006035337it6.png

Arachne still doesn't work but let's first make sure that everything is fine 
with RTSPKT.

Q1) In Fdauto.bat I load "Rtspkt" after all other drivers, just before the 
mouse, not sure if it 
matters:

@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $P$G
SET DOSDIR=C:\FDOS
SET NLSDIR=%DOSDIR%\NLS
SET HELPPATH=%DOSDIR%\HELP
SET PATH=%DOSDIR%\BIN
SET TEMP=E:\TEMP
SET TMP=E:\TEMP
SET DIRCMD=/P /OG /A
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330
SHCDX33A /D:?CDRCACH$ /V /~+ /Q+
RTSPKT.COM 0x60 2 3
CTMOUSE.EXE
ECHO CuteMouse Driver Loaded
FREE.EXE

In real life I don't really load Rtspkt from Fdauto.bat but turn it on/off from 
two custom batch 
files. This way you don't need to be connected all the time:

Dslon.bat
RTSPKT.COM 0x60 2 3

Dsloff.bat
RTSPKT.COM -U

Q2) If more parameters were specified then it would probably load faster (it's 
quite slow 
compared to other drivers):

RTSPKT [options]  [-m media_type] [bus_no device_no]

Bus#=2 and Device#=3 are shown below, where can you find Media Type?

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/7287/10102006124405sw0.png

command line as is now: RTSPKT.COM 0x60 2 3
command line as it should be: RTSPKT.COM 0x60 -m ??? 2 3

Lester


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Re: [Freedos-user] Packet Driver For Arachne Browser

[Robert Riebisch]

Lester Vedrox wrote:

> Q3) Although DSL connection seems to be ok Arachne browser won't load
> any normal web pages. I guess you need a page with minimal content,
> like text only. Can someone post a URL that works.

You could try my pages at http://www.bttr-software.de/

By the way: Please turn off Pegasus Mail's HTML postings!

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Re: [Freedos-user] Packet Driver For Arachne Browser

[Mark Bailey]

tomleem wrote:
> Hi Lester,
>
> 
> I wouldn't try to load a "shim" over an NDIS layer
> when all i need is to /get the right/ packet-driver.
> 
> 
> :-B
> 

I wouldn't either, but I have at least two computers with
Ethernet chipsets that don't have packet drivers and it
does work...

Mark

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Re: [Freedos-user] Packet Driver For Arachne Browser

[tomleem]

Hi Lester,

A peek at Fdauto.bat shows that your packet-driver
aborts loading so i'll suggest you use this value:

RTsPkt *_0x60_*  -->  RTsPkt.Com (v3.18, 1999-Aug-10)

When it loads, the packet-driver should state very
clearly that it installed OKay (int. vector, etc);
i can display the Arachne.CFG file but i won't pay
much attention to it:  it's all GUI under Arachne!

I wouldn't try to load a "shim" over an NDIS layer
when all i need is to /get the right/ packet-driver.


:-B

Salutations,  Avatar.GIF 

Michel Samson (/alias DOSInterNet/Bicéphale/)

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Re: [Freedos-user] Packet Driver For Arachne Browser

[Lester Vedrox]

Thanks, everyone. TCP/IP can be set with BOOTP now and seems to be working ok.


Q1) In Fdauto.bat I load "Rtspkt" after all other drivers, just before the mouse, not sure if it 
matters:


@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $P$G
SET DOSDIR=C:\FDOS
SET NLSDIR=%DOSDIR%\NLS
SET HELPPATH=%DOSDIR%\HELP
SET PATH=%DOSDIR%\BIN
SET TEMP=E:\TEMP
SET TMP=E:\TEMP
SET DIRCMD=/P /OG /A
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330
SHCDX33A /D:?CDRCACH$ /V /~+ /Q+
RTSPKT.COM 0x60
CTMOUSE.EXE
ECHO CuteMouse Driver Loaded
FREE.EXE


In real life I don't rfeally load Rtspkt from Fdauto.bat but turn it on/off from two custom bats. 
This way you don't need to be connected all the time:


Dslon.bat
RTSPKT.COM 0x60


Dsloff.bat
RTSPKT.COM -U


Q2) If you could specify more parameters then it would probably load faster (it's by far the 
slowest loading driver I have):


RTSPKT [options]  [-m media_type] [bus_no device_no]


Bus#=2 and Device#=3 are shown below, where can you find Media Type?


http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/7287/10102006124405sw0.png


RTSPKT.COM 0x60 2 3


Q3) Although DSL connection seems to be ok Arachne browser won't load any normal web 
pages. I guess you need a page with minimal content, like text only. Can someone post a 
URL that works.




Lester




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Re: [Freedos-user] Packet Driver For Arachne Browser

[Eric Auer]

Lester, screenshots of plain text messages are a bit
pointless. I see your autoexec in the first screenshot,
and it looks roughly okay, apart from the wrong rtspkt
options. Why didn't you simply cut and paste the autoexec
contents into your mail? In the second screenshot, I see
the rtspkt help screen. It tells:

usage: RTSPKT [options]  [-m media_type] [bus_no device_no]

everything in [...] is optional, but you have to provide the
packet int no argument. Example:

RTSPKT 0x60

That should be the only option that you need :-).
You could have done "rtspkt /? > some.txt" to capture
the help screen as text and then copy and paste it
into the mail.

In the third screenshot, I see arachne.cfg, or better, part of it.
Why didn't you just copy and paste the config?

You are using fixed nameserver IPs and a fixed own IP
and gateway etc, probably much easier to you use the
Arachne network config wizard. And of course you can
use DHCP autoconfig...

Enjoy!

Eric

> Connection: DSL, modem + router
> Arachne browser: v1.90J1
> NIC card: Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet
> Packet Driver: RTSPKT.com
> The driver seems to be loading ok, I'm not sure if any switches should be 
> enabled:
> http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/6280/10092006150639ch2.png
> http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/2142/10092006150713yl3.png
> I tried to setup Arachne in BOOT/DHCP with no results. Another approach was 
> to enter IP address, etc. manually. Here is the screenshot of Arachne.cfg
> http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6112/10092006151018wi2.png
> Still no luck. Any suggestions?


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Re: [Freedos-user] Packet Driver For Arachne Browser

[Lester Vedrox]

Thanks, Eric. RTSPKT loads from Fdauto.bat ok but Arachne still won't work 
("unable to initialize tcp/ip").

Here are the specs again:

Connection: DSL, modem + router
Arachne browser: v1.90J1
NIC card: Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet
Packet Driver: RTSPKT.com

The driver seems to be loading ok, I'm not sure if any switches should be 
enabled:

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/6280/10092006150639ch2.png

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/2142/10092006150713yl3.png

I tried to setup Arachne in BOOT/DHCP with no results. Another approach was to 
enter IP address, etc. manually. Here is the screenshot of Arachne.cfg

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6112/10092006151018wi2.png

Still no luck. Any suggestions?

Lester

> - Original Message -
> From: "Eric Auer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 18:31:14 +0200 (MEST)
> 
> 
> the driver which came with the card is called rtspkt,
> not sure if the driver used by freedos 1.0 has the
> same name, but it is quite possible.
> 
> eric

> Lester Vedrox wrote:
> > I'm trying to get Arachne browser running from DSL connection and I'm
> >  stuck at the problem with a packet driver.


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Re: [Freedos-user] Packet Driver For Arachne Browser

[Mark Bailey]

Hi Lester:

It is possible to use a "shim" to wrap the NDIS2 driver you have to
look like a DOS packet driver if that is what you want to do.

I went through this for another application and actually wrote down
the procedure I used to get it to work.  See

http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/ct-user/2006-July/009394.html

I have done this on two new computers without available packet
drivers for a DOS networking application.  This was done using
MSDOS but should work fro FreeDOS.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Mark Bailey

Lester Vedrox wrote:
> I'm trying to get Arachne browser running from DSL connection and I'm
>  stuck at the problem with a packet driver.
> 
> - Arachne ver: 1.90JG-387 (I don't remember where I got it from) - 
> NIC card: Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet
> 
> 1) I found the DOS driver for the above card here:
> 
> http://www.opendrivers.com/freedownload/232679/realtek-rtl8139(a-b-c-d-8130)-810x-ndis2-driver-3.25-dos-download.html
> 
> 
> 
> This is the latest version 3.25; v3.24 and v3.23 are here:
> 
> http://www.opendrivers.com/freedownload/22836/realtek-rtl8139(a-b-c-d-8130)-810x-ndis2-driver-3.24-dos-download.html
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.opendrivers.com/freedownload/215741/realtek-rtl8139c_plus-ndis2-driver-3.23-dos-download.html
> 
> 
> 
> The ZIP contains four files:
> 
> - OEMSETUP.INF - RTL8139.NIF - RTSND.DOS - PROTOCOL.INI
> 
> There is no "xxx.com" file that could be loaded from Fdauto.bat
> 
> 2) I follow instructions from Arachne\System\Pktdrvrs\DSL\ADSL.HTM:
> 
> start Arachne - manual setup - resident packet driver - configure via
>  BOOT/DHCP - OK
> 
> At this point, according to ADSL.htm help there should be a screen 
> "Ethernet setup" but it's not there(!)
> 
> Help appreciated.
> 
> 
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