Freedos noob here. I've been running old Dos programs like Wordstar, Supercalc, etc. ok on Freedos for a couple of weeks. Now I'm trying to get it on my LAN so I can move files around easier.
I'm using an ASRock N3150B-ITX (circa 2015) with an onboard ethernet adapter. Specs say: PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s, Realtek RTL8111GR. NICSCAN says vendor is 10EC (Realteck) and device is 8168 (RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller). I finally found the right ndis driver for the adapter. I can now get thru the boot process without any errors, and Netbind shows the adapter's hardware address. My problem or question is the hardware address Netbind shows on boot doesn't show up in a listing of IP addresses on my router nor does ARP list it. Does the IP address only get assigned to the hardware address when a program uses WATTCP.CFG? I think I have my WATTCP.CFG is setup correctly, but I'm not entirely sure. I want to use a static IP address. But since the device/hardware address doesn't show up on the router, I can't turn it into a static IP there. I've been assuming setting my_ip to an unused IP in WATTSCP.CFG will create the static IP, but apparently not? I know this is not a Freedos question or issue, but how and when does an IP address get assigned to a device in this kind of network? -- It's all fun and games until someone divides by zero.
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