On 11/2/2020 6:54 PM, Marv wrote:
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?
Well, you do not say what kind of network stack you are actually using.
You need more than just the driver for the NIC, but also software that
provides the whole (TCP/)IP stack. With that in place, you should have
the option to select either to use a static IP (with all associated info
like netmask and gateway) or get this info assigned via DHCP (which uses
the MAC address as the physical identifier).
Also not sure where you are looking for the device/hardware address on
your router, a static address isn't likely to show up at all (ok, some
routers have some "network view", which shows active device by IP
address). Most importantly, you need to make sure that the static IP
info that you are entering matches in IP address, netmask and gateway
the LAN side interface of your router. If that is correct what you
entered, well, that is hard to tell without you providing some real info
about that...
Ralf
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