Subj : Re: MS-DOS & Win 3.11 in VirtualBox
To   : Aurelius
From : Sebastian Raase
Date : Sat Jun 08 2019 19:46:03

Hi,

 Au> I need to find a TCP/IP stack and software to use it,
 Au> so I can play around with the internet on there.

there are multiple TCP/IP stacks to choose from.

If you have Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and a (virtual) network card with
NDIS drivers, you are probably best of with Microsoft's TCP/IP-32 (search for
TCP32B.EXE). It contains transparent FTP support (so you can use the File
Manager to access FTP servers, without any tools), but I have not tested this
extensively.

For virtual dial-up emulation, the Internet Explorer 3 provides both dialer
and TCP/IP stack as well. I have used this within DOSBox (since it provides
modem emulation, but you need slirp/pppd as well) and Netscape 4. Worked just
fine, but requires PPP.

Lastly, there is Trumpet Winsock. I have used this with a virtual dial-up
connection over SLIP/CSLIP and network cards. It can use a packet driver as
well, but I found it a bit fiddly to setup and not too user-friendly.

I don't know of any other WinSock implementations.

Best Regards,
Sebastian

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