Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/18/01:15:43
"Mark Habersack" <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl> wrote:
>A fried of mine and I have setup a similar network of 6 computers but we have
>used 4 Genius III and 2 Intel FastEthernet cards. So the cards are not a
>problem (Geniuses stand even cheaper ~$15 here at Poland). But we have three
>laptop computers and one true-blue IBM XT ("portable" ;-)) version with 10MB
>HDD and no room for extension cards - we'd have to find an extension card
>with some slots, you know such a vertical one) that we'd like to connect into
>an experimental network. This is, of course, just for fun but if that can be
>done, I can see no reason why not to do that? That's why I need the
>null-modem driver.
>And as to the dial-up connections. I have an account on the University free
>ISP and cable connection is not possible - I have to use the dial-up
>solution. For that to work from DOS, I need the packet driver able to drive
>my modem. I normally connect from Linux or Windoze, but I'd like to try it
>from DOS (both Open and M$). As WATTCP requires a packet driver - I have to
>write it.
You may want to take a look at Kali. It includes something called
PPPSHARE, which has a driver for Novell's LAN WorkPlace, as well a
packet driver. It has built-in scripting and possibly even
dial-on-demand, if I remember right, as well as a utility that will
write your current IP address into your WATTCP.CFG. If you want a
packet driver for dialup PPP, it should be what you need.
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