Omar,
I finally got networking on FreeDOS and a Zimaboard 832 going. On your
advice, I switched from the older ODI method to a bit newer NDIS method
using files from MSCLENT 3.0 with success! I am using the January 2025
build of mTCP on FreeDOS1.4-r2.
Here is my working configuration on a Zimaboar 832 with Realtek 8168 NIC.
- FreeDOS 1.4 -r2 (though I have no reason to believe 1.3 or prior would
not work just fine)
- mTCP January 2025 release (same as above, no reason to believe older
version would not work ok)
- I needed to get the MSCLIENT 3.0 files, my best source was here:
- https://archive.org/details/MSCLIENT30 files DSK3-1.EXE and
DSK3-2.EXE (I believe these to be good Microsoft files)
- NOTE: I tried another source and that did not seem quite right.
Sticking with these.
- I also needed the NDIS driver RTGND.DOS file for the Realtek 8168 NIC
in the Zimaboard, from here (thanks Omar!):
- https://packetdriversdos.net Specifically:
https://packetdriversdos.net/ZIP/RTGBND2.1.54_EXE68.ZIP
- Additionally, I needed the DIS_PKT.DOS driver. Linked also from Omar's
site: https://packetdriversdos.net/ZIP/dis_pkt11.zip
- Followed the directions to install and configure MSCLIENT NDIS here:
- https://help.fdos.org/en/hhstndrd/network/ndis_ins.htm
- Configured the mTPC TCP/IP utilities that came were in the FreeDOS
installation, (thanks Mike Brutman!):
- Used information from the main mTCP site
https://www.brutman.com/mTCP/, specifically: mTCP_2025-01-10.pdf
<http://www.brutman.com/mTCP/download/mTCP_2025-01-10.pdf> and
https://help.fdos.org/en/hhstndrd/network/mtcp.htm
VOILA!!!
Best Regards,
Bill Allen
On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM Bill Allen <walle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Omar,
>
> Thank you! In fact, I got my ODI drivers from your site. I will try the
> NDIS method. Again, appreciate your website!
>
> Best Regards,
> Bill Allen
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM Omar Yabar via Freedos-user <
> freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
>> use ndis driver instead, is more modern than the odi driver,.it works for
>> me with laptops of 10gen intel processors and the same Realtek chip, more
>> info in my website www.packetdriversdos.net ;)
>>
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>> El vie., 28 de feb. de 2025 a la(s) 6:43 p. m., Bill Allen via
>> Freedos-user
>> <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> escribió:
>> Greetings everyone! It may be that I have undertaken a futile endeavor,
>> but I have been trying to get a Zimaboard with dual Realtek 8168 NICs
>> working on FreeDOS. I must say that for an ancient IT guy, this has been a
>> blast from the past having to go back to the days of loading up ODI packet
>> drivers. However, I am just about to give up. I load up in the following
>> sequence and this much at least works, or seems to.
>>
>> LSL
>> RTGHODI.COM <http://rtghodi.com/> (asks me to select which of the two
>> cards it finds, to I tell it the one the network cable is plugged into, NIC
>> 1)
>> ODIPKT.COM <http://odipkt.com/> 0 96
>>
>> No errors at this point and it seems I have successfully loaded the
>> packet driver into memory. The load up seemed happy enough with the
>> settings in the NET.CFG.
>> (It took a lot of work to get all the files and information together to
>> get this far! LOL)
>>
>> After that, I try for DHCP.EXE from the mTCP distribution and get the
>> following:
>> *Init: could not set up packet driver*
>> *Could not initialize TCP/IP stack*
>> And then a message from FDNET.BAT (I think) that the Network is
>> unreachable/unavailable, obviously as a result of the TCP/IP stack not
>> being initialized.
>>
>> Am I pursuing an exercise in futility trying to get DOS networking going
>> with what I presume to be very modern NICs? If so, not a huge loss but I
>> feel like I am so very close.
>>
>> By the way, I am running FreeDOS 1.4-r2 with the very recent mTCP that is
>> included. Everything networking with mTCP does work perfectly with the same
>> in a Virtualbox setup.
>>
>> If y'all have read this far, thanks very much for your time!
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Bill
>>
>>
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