Kenny, Try this for some basic education on DOS and packet drivers:
http://brutman.com/Dos_Networking/dos_networking.html That page is terribly inadequate - it doesn't discuss anything other than packet drivers. But that is what you are looking for at the moment. To find the packet driver for your hardware you need to know what your hardware is. If you have a VIA chipset on your machine it is highly likely that the Ethernet hardware is from Realtek. Rugxulo gave you some pointers for trying to figure out what it is under FreeDOS. If that doesn't work and the machine is new enough you can boot a Linux "live" CD (so you don't have to install Linux) and use some of the Linux tools and logs to identify the hardware. I realize that not everybody is Linux proficient, so that can be scary. The basic tools are lspci, ethtool, and ifconfig. There are probably GUI programs that will lay out the information for you too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
