Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 16:10:39 -0600 (CST) From: Dave Bodenstab <imdave@mcs.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk, kpielorz@caladan.tdx.co.uk Subject: Re: newbie network question Message-ID: <199712182210.QAA03960@base486.home.org>
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To followup my own question...
First of all, thanks to the folks who responded. This list has the
most knowledgeable and helpful people!
Second, I did manage to get some things working, and for the sake
of anyone who might follow this thread in the future, here's what I did.
I found two ways to get the IPX stuff working for DOOM, Quake, etc.
Method 1:
On the diskette that came with my ne2000 cards, I found:
/utility/sn2000.com
/utility/net.cfg
/utility/ipxodi.com
/utility/lsl.com
These were in the same place as the ``setup'' and ``diagnostic''
programs were. All it took to use these was (running dos):
> cd C:<where I copied the above files>
> lsl
> sn2000
> ipxodi
The advantage (I my case) was that these programs supported a
``/U'' option which will unload them when desired.
Network games for DOOM, etc. run fine.
Method 2:
On the diskette that came with my ne2000 cards, I also found:
/pktdrv/sn2000.com
/pktdrv/dpdipx.com
To use these (running dos):
> cd C:<where I copied the above files>
> sn2000 96
> dpdipx
The disadvantage (I my case) was that these programs did not
support an unload option. A reboot is required to recover the
memory.
Network games for DOOM, etc. run fine using this setup also.
I also found some lan software for dos on an old SimTel cdrom:
neos_10.zip. It uses the above packet driver, and supports
disk and printer sharing. The disk sharing works fine -- I
didn't try the printer sharing. The ``dpdipx'' program is
only required for doom, etc. The neos lan itself only requires
the packet driver ``sn2000''.
I'm going to search SimTel to see if there is any other lan software
available that would let me use TCP, etc. between the two machines
running dos<->dos or dos<->FreeBSD. Since I don't have win95 or
workgroup for windows 3.1 (and have no interest in getting them)
I'm looking for alternatives. I'll report what, if anything, I
find.
Again, thanks for the help.
Dave Bodenstab
imdave@mcs.net
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