Thank you for all that Fabien and Eric. The two responses seem to have got me working ok. The packet driver exists in the \crynwr directory I discovered after downloading it. Your help is fantastic!
Simon ----- Original Message ---- From: Fabien Meghazi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, 22 January, 2008 12:42:05 PM Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Ethernet card - how to install in Freedos > Is there a way of finding out what it is from within FREEDOS, which dos > drivers I will need and how to install it and get it working form my home First step : ************* Find a packet driver for your network card. It should be a simple .exe or .com. In order to find the good one, you should know what chip your card is built on. If it's a realtek, just have a look at the bigger chip on the card, you should see a name such as RTLXXXX If it's a 10T, it's most probably a RTL8029 (should be ne2000 compatible too) if it's a 10/100 it's most probably a RTL8139 Have a look at this page, hopefully you will find the good driver for your card. http://www.georgpotthast.de/sioux/packet.htm When running a packet driver, you have to specify some parameters (Hardware address, irq, ...) (check yourpacketdriver.exe /? for help) I have a rtl8139 and I run the packet driver like this : rtl8139.exe 0x7e Normaly, by just running the packet driver, I think you are already good to run network games, eg: duke nukem. (not 100% sure about this) Second step : **************** Install wattcp If you have the freedos cdrom in drive D: then search for the folder where the wattcp package is hold. (I don't remember exactly but I think it should be : d:\freedos\packages\net\wat?????.zip or something like this) Once the good file is located, you can install it by using fdpkg fdpkg /install wat?????.zip Third step : ************* Configure your c:\fdos\wattcp.cfg file (if not already done by installer) depending on your home network configuration. Four step : ************* Install some programs to check if you can use your network. Find arachne (a web browser for dos). It is located on the cdrom too. cdd d:\freedos\packages\net\ fdpkg /install arachne??.zip Then launch arachne, answer to the config questions, type www.gooogle.com in the address bar and cross your fingers. -- Fabien Meghazi Website: http://www.amigrave.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ___________________________________________________________ Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this month with Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
