Subj : Dead EchoArea?
To   : Frank Reid
From : Gerald Miller
Date : Sun Apr 13 2003 04:13 pm


 >> I think you are misunderstanding the purpose of the D-Link switch.
 >> It is a KVM switch - run multiple CPUs using only one Keyboard, one
 >> Video monitor and one Mouse.  It eliminates the desktop clutter of
 >> requiring multiple keyboards, monitors and mice.
 FR> Okay, by "switch" I assumed you meant a network switch versus a KVM.

I do have a network switch, but my son-in-law told me to take it off the
network.  I haven't any idea if it's going to serve any useful purpose...

 FR> In this case, the D-Link KVM has nothing to do with the network
 FR> architecture, aside from switching displays/input devices!

 FR> It's the SMC router that does the network stuff.  That has one port
 FR> marked for connection to the cablemodem, i.e. the 24.* address.  How
 FR> many other ports are on this device that can be used for internet
 FR> network workstations?

There are a total of four LAN ports and one WAN port.

 >> The subnet mask (255.255.255.0) looks to be correct, but the two
 >> identical 192.168.1.1 addresses are ambiguous to me.  Are you meaning
 >> that the address on the Win2K box and the DOS box must be identical?
 FR> Disregard the 192.168.1.* addresses.  Your address space is
 FR> 192.168.2.1 through 192.168.2.254.  The network address is 192.168.2.0
 FR> and the broadcast address is 192.168.2.255.  It sounds like your W2K
 FR> machine has already been assigned 192.168.2.100, which is fine.  Let's
 FR> assume your DOS machine will be 192.168.2.150.

I'll accept the assumption that the DOS machine will be 192.168.2.150, but
I'm not sure where I will have to specify that...

I suspect that I will also have to go into the router configuration (via
the W2K box) and do some adjustments for the existence of the DOS box?

 >> Also, when I did a search for the PROTOCOL.INI file on the W2K box, I
 >> located 72 occurrences (most of which appear to be some kind of
 >> template files created by Symantec Ghost) and 3 occurrences on the
 >> diskette that came with my NIC.  Would you please give me an
 >> indication of which folder I could expect to locate the "True"
 >> PROTOCOL.INI file?
 FR> The PROTOCOL.INI will be installed when you install your DOS client.
 FR> The DOS client for MS Networking can be found at:

 FR> ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/Clients/MSCLIENT/

Thank you for the URL.  I was finally able to snag the two files.

 FR> There you will find two files.  These should be extracted to diskettes
 FR> and placed in the A: drive of the DOS machine.  Run the SETUP.EXE on
 FR> the first diskette, and it will prompt you through the installation.
 FR> You will need the manufacturer diskette for your network adapter in
 FR> the DOS machine (which sounds like a 3Com card, from earlier
 FR> discussion).

It is actually an AOpen 10/100Mbps PCI Fast Ethernet card, but that's a
trivial matter.  After a few false starts, I was able to load the drivers
for the NIC.

 FR> After you're done with that installation, you'll find a directory
 FR> called C:\NET which will hold the SYSTEM.INI and PROTOCOL.INI I
 FR> referred to earlier.

===8< Begin C:\NET\SYSTEM.INI ===
[network]
sizworkbuf=1498
filesharing=no
printsharing=no
autologon=yes
computername=DOS4DOS
lanroot=C:\NET
username=GERALD
workgroup=WORKGROUP
reconnect=yes
dospophotkey=N
lmlogon=0
logondomain=WORKGROUP
preferredredir=full
autostart=full
maxconnections=8

[network drivers]
netcard=AON325.dos
transport=ndishlp.sys
devdir=C:\NET
LoadRMDrivers=yes

[Password Lists]
*Shares=C:\NET\Shares.PWL
===8< End   C:\NET\SYSTEM.INI ===

===8< Begin C:\NET\PROTOCOL.INI ===
[network.setup]
version=0x3110
netcard=AON325,1,AON325,1
transport=ms$nwlink,MS$NWLINK
transport=ms$ndishlp,MS$NDISHLP
lana0=AON325,1,ms$nwlink
lana1=AON325,1,ms$ndishlp

[MS$NWLINK]
FRAME=ETHERNET_802.2
DriverName=nwlink$
BINDINGS=AON325

[protman]
DriverName=PROTMAN$
PRIORITY=MS$NDISHLP

[AON325]
DriverName=AON325$
Medium=_Auto

[MS$NDISHLP]
DriverName=ndishlp$
BINDINGS=AON325
===8< End   C:\NET\PROTOCOL.INI ===

I know you want me to edit these two files, but I'm unsure of where you
want me to insert the additions and exactly what should be inserted.

I've got a ways to go, but at least this is a start.

           My thanks to you... Gerald

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