About this Document
This document evolved from Rick Russell's networking documentation,
which can be found at
http://is.rice.edu/~rickr/stud_doc/basic_net.html.
Configuring Your Ethernet Card with its Software
If the card came with a configuration disk containing a configuration
utility, then they should turn their computer on and use the utility.
Details are (as always) available in the documentation that comes with
the card. Most PCI card and some ISA cards will be fully Plug and Play
compatible; those cards will probably not require a configuration
utility when used with Windows 95.
The utility will usually include an "Auto Setup" option that will
automatically choose certain hardware parameters called the IRQ and
I/O port. Once they are selected, you should write both of these
numbers down for future use. The configuration utility may also show
an Ethernet address; if that address is available, you should write it
down too.
Software Decision
At this point, you need to determine what software the user has
installed or wants installed. Windows for Workgroups has only one
option, Microsoft's TCP/IP package. If the user has Win 3.1, then
he/she has a choice between Trumpet Winsock or FTP Software's PCTCP.
Trumpet Winsock is only a TCP/IP stack manager, PCTCP comprises the
stack manager and several TCP/IP client programs. If you are using
DOS, you can simply load the packet driver and use DOS based client
applications.
A Quick Note on Packet Drivers
Packet drivers tell DOS how to route and transmit network packets.
They are typically located on the manufacturer's setup diskette. PCTCP
also has a diskette devoted to packet drivers, and you can usually
find them on the manufacturer's web site. Packet drivers are a
prerequisite for DOS and Windows 3.1 networking. You must load the
packet driver in your AUTOEXEC.BAT. Read your network adapter's
documentation for switches or parameter options!
Installing Trumpet Winsock
Due to the nature of Windows 3.1, Trumpet Winsock has to negotiate
network information between the operating system (DOS) and the
interface (Windows). Therefore, installing Winsock is a two part
process. The first step requires setting up Winsock's means of
communicating with the OS: the packet driver and the Windows packet
driver (WINPKT.COM). Both packet drivers must be on the same interrupt
vector (most commonly 0x60). Furthermore, WINPKT.COM must come after
the packet driver in AUTOEXEC.BAT. Once you have finished configuring
the DOS side, you must setup up ip information in Windows. This is
accomplished under the TCP manager application (TCPMAN.EXE), which
incidentally loads every time a TCP/IP call is made. Under the File
menu, select Setup, and you will find one of the following dialog
boxes, depending on your version of Winsock:
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Installing PC TCP
Many campus offices use a commercial package called PCTCP for their
TCP/IP stack management and client services. PCTCP installs Trumpet
Winsock as well as various client programs for TCP/IP connectivity and
diagnostics (such as a mail client, ping, and so on...). PCTCP is
available on a floppy disk set from the Information Desk.
PCTCP's setup program gives you the option of installing a packet
driver, but you should locate the driver for your NIC and install it
before you begin the PCTCP setup because the drivers included with
PCTCP are rather outdated. Usually, you can find the packet driver on
the installation disk, which came with your NIC; it is typically kept
in a directory labeled "pktdvr". If you can't locate the packet driver
on the diskette, you can try to get it from the manufacturers web
site.
The PCTCP installation process is fairly straightforward; however, you
should have the following information on hand before you start PCTCP's
setup program: ip address, host name, gateway address, subnet mask,
and your DNS server's ip addresses. This information is required after
you have told PCTCP how much control you want over setup (Express or
Custom) and after you have determined the installation directory
(unless you have a good reason to change it, you should leave it as
C:\PCTCP). You will want to input this information in the following
screens:
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After you input your ip information, PCTCP will ask you what default
login you want to use. This should be the user's login to ruf, owlnet,
or whatever host they usually use. Then, PCTCP will ask you for the
time zone you are in.
Finally, PCTCP will prompt you before you it modifies your
autoexec.bat, config.sys, win.ini, and system.ini. If you choose not
to permit it to make its modifications, PCTCP will save its intended
changes under AUTOEXEC.FTP, and you will have to manually input the
information and restart your computer.
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