Oh one more point. that is not a reliable Ethernet card...I do not live in England lol!
On Tue, 7 Oct 2014, Ulrich wrote: > Hi Karen, > > I see the 600x has no network connectivity. So first of all you would need a > PCMCIA network card. > > A wifi card is not really an option. As you see here: > > http://www.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/WiFi > > 802.11b is the only mode you could possibly get DOS drivers for. If you find > such a PCMCIA card at all, I am not sure you find a wifi access point that > still offers this connection. > > So I'd stick to Michaels and Matejs suggestion and get an Ethernet card and > connect this to a second mobile device. > > A good and reliable PCMCIA Ethernet card was this one: > <http://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Link-100Mbps-Network-Interface-DFE-670TXD/dp/B0000AT71I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412665798&sr=8-1&keywords=D-Link+DFE-670TXD> > It even comes with a DOS packet driver. > > To get it to work you need to configure PCMCIA. It is most likely your > Thinkpad came with drivers for that. If not, send a note. > > So: There is a very good chance you can get a PCMCIA Ethernet Card up and > running in FreeDOS. > > Now how to make a connection to the internet? > > It seems to me, this little gadget, a Huawei E5151, might be what you want. > (As I don't know where you live: This is the version for Europe and T-Mobile > USA). > <http://www.amazon.com/Huawei-E5151-Hotspot-Ethernet-T-Mobile/dp/B00B4AYPLU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412667831&sr=8-1&keywords=Huawei+E5151> > > It connects to 3G/4G and you can use the Ethernet/LAN port to plug in the > Thinkpad/PCMCIA card's network cable. (Caution: Other devices also have such > a port, but sometimes only for WAN, so you can not use the port to plug in > your laptop.) > > It is battery powered, so you don't even need a cable long enough for that > :-). > > What doesn't work: As far as I understood the E5151 can not access another > WiFi access point and connect you to it through ethernet. For this you would > need a different device. > > Hope this helps a bit... :-) > > Ulrich > > > > Am 06.10.2014 um 18:55 schrieb Michael Brutman <mbbrut...@brutman.com>: > >> That approach is "faking it" but it works and it sidesteps the questions >> about wireless drivers, encryption, etc. >> >> On Oct 6, 2014 9:52 AM, "Matej Horvat" <matej.hor...@guest.arnes.si> wrote: >> This might be a good solution for wireless networking in DOS: >> >> http://brutman.com/Wireless_for_Classics/Wireless_for_Classics.html >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Slashdot TV. Videos for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Slashdot TV. Videos for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk_______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
