7 Dec
2006
7 Dec
'06
11:26 a.m.
Hi,
Jules Richardson said:
Out of interest, what do I need in the way of TCP/IP software / configuration
and FTP client software so that I can connect to a remote FTP server from MSDOS?
I don't think I've ever set up such a config from scratch. I can live with
10Mbps speeds if required (would DOS drivers even drive a card at anything
more anyway?)
NIC cards I seem to have available:
Netgear FA310TX (PCI)
HP 88809L (ISA)
3Com Etherlink III (PCI)
3Com Etherlink III (ISA)
Asix NV100AM (PCI)
'Network Everywhere' NC100 (PCI)
3Com 3C905 (PCI)
The ISA boards perhaps have the drawback that they're software configurable,
so I have no idea what settings they'll want to use (or which interface), or
how well they'll behave in the new-ish system I need to put a card in. The PCI
boards on the other hand are newer so maybe DOS drivers don't even exist for
them...
(Etherlink III's were always reliable I seem to recall, but I never did like
the idea of them being software configurable; it was much nicer to have
jumpers on a card and *know* what it was configured as!)
Mr Sullivan has pointed you to suitable resources, but if you run into
problems drop me an email, I run a couple of DOS machines using FTP,
telnet etc. I'm using 3Com Etherlink (ISA) and an old NE2000 compat.
both work a treat using the crynwr driver. Software config is no
problem on the 3Com cards, there's a DOS program for the job available
from 3Com, or whatever they're known as now.
(I've got copies anyway)
The NCSA Telnet package includes a FTP client/server.
Now if only there was Lynx for DOS :-)
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Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb at dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!